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Granted Patent B2
US 11,189,654 · App. 16/900,985 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Manufacturing methods of semiconductor image sensor devices

Inventors: Chao-Ching Chang (Kaohsiung, TW); Sheng-Chan Li (Tainan, TW); Chih-Hui Huang (Tainan, TW); Jian-Shin Tsai (Tainan, TW); Cheng-Yi Wu (Taichung, TW); Chia-Hsing Chou (Tainan, TW); Yi-Ming Lin (Tainan, TW); Min-Hui Lin (Tainan, TW); Chin-Szu Lee (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H01L27/1463H01L21/0228H01L21/02211H01L21/02274H01L21/76224H01L27/1464H01L27/14643H01L27/14683
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Patent No.
US 11,189,654
App. No.
16/900,985
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plurality of radiation-sensing doped regions are formed in a substrate. A trench is formed in the substrate between the radiation-sensing doped regions. A SiOCN layer is filled in the trench by reacting Bis(tertiary-butylamino)silane (BTBAS) and a gas mixture comprising N 2 O, N 2 and O 2 through a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, to form an isolation structure between the radiation-sensing doped regions.

Claims (36)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor image sensor device comprising:

forming a plurality of radiation-sensing doped regions in a substrate;

forming a trench in the substrate between the radiation-sensing doped regions; and

filling a SiOCN layer in the trench by reacting Bis(tertiary-butylamino)silane (BTBAS) and a gas mixture comprising N 2 O, N 2 and O 2 through a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, to form an isolation structure between the radiation-sensing doped regions.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein filling a SiOCN layer in the trench comprises:

forming a material of SiOCN in the trench and over a back surface of the substrate; and

removing the material of SiOCN outside the trench.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 further comprising forming a liner material in the trench and over the back surface of the substrate before forming the SiOCN layer in the trench, and removing the liner material and the material of SiOCN outside the trench simultaneously.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 , wherein removing the material of SiOCN outside the trench comprises performing a planarization process.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of depth to width of the trench is substantially equal to 20.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a thickness ranging from about 1 μm to about 5 μm, the radiation-sensing doped regions have a depth ranging from about 1 μm to about 4 μm, and the trench has a depth ranging from about 0.5 μm to about 3 μm.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the trench is extended into the substrate from a back surface of the substrate by 1/10 to ⅗ of the thickness of the substrate.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein the radiation-sensing doped regions are extended into the substrate from a front surface opposite to the back surface of the substrate by ⅕ to ⅘ of the thickness of the substrate.

9. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor image sensor device comprising:

forming a plurality of radiation-sensing doped regions in a substrate from a first surface of the substrate;

forming a plurality of trenches in the substrate from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate, wherein each trench is disposed between adjacent two of the radiation-sensing doped regions; and

forming a plurality of isolation structures in the trenches respectively by reacting Bis(tertiary-butylamino)silane (BTBAS) and a gas mixture comprising N 2 O, N 2 and O 2 through a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, wherein a material of the isolation structures includes SiOCN and at least one of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon carbonitride (SiCN).

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the material of the isolation structures includes SiOCN, silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon carbonitride (SiCN).

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 further comprising using Argon as a diluted gas.

12. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 further comprising forming a liner material in the trenches before forming the isolation structures, wherein the liner material includes multiple layers.

13. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , before forming the plurality of trenches, further comprising:

forming an interconnect structure on the first surface of the substrate;

placing the interconnect structure and the substrate thereover onto a carrier substrate; and

performing a thinning process onto the substrate.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 further comprising forming a color filter being in direct contact with the second surface of the substrate and the radiation-sensing doped regions.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein bottom surfaces of the trenches are disposed between opposite surfaces of the radiation-sensing doped regions.

16. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor image sensor device comprising:

forming a plurality of radiation-sensing doped regions in a substrate from a first surface of the substrate;

forming a plurality of trenches in the substrate from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate, wherein each trench is disposed between adjacent two of the radiation-sensing doped regions;

forming a plurality of isolation structures in the trenches respectively by reacting Bis(tertiary-butylamino)silane (BTBAS) and a gas mixture comprising N 2 O, N 2 and O 2 through a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method, wherein a material of the isolation structures includes SiOCN and at least one of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon carbonitride (SiCN);

forming an interconnect structure over the first surface of the substrate; and

forming a color filter over the interconnect structure, wherein the interconnect structure is disposed between the substrate and the color filter.

17. The manufacturing method according to claim 16 , wherein the material of the isolation structures includes SiOCN, silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon carbonitride (SiCN).

18. The manufacturing method according to claim 16 further comprising using Argon as a diluted gas.

19. The manufacturing method according to claim 16 , wherein bottom surfaces of the trenches are disposed between opposite surfaces of the radiation-sensing doped regions.

20. The manufacturing method according to claim 16 further comprising forming a buffer layer disposed between and in direct contact with the interconnect structure and the color filter.

Continuity (2)
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