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US 11,240,452 · App. 16/614,967 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Solid-state imaging device and electronic device including light-shielding film for suppression of light leakage to memory

Inventor: Junji Sugizaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H04N5/3745H01L27/1464H01L27/14623H01L27/14643H04N5/359
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Patent No.
US 11,240,452
App. No.
16/614,967
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device which efficiently capture incident light to improve sensitivity while maintaining the effect of suppressing noise generation. A memory is located on a side opposite from a light receiving surface and formed in the same substrate of Si as a photoelectric conversion element. The substrate including Si is defined by digging the Si deep from the light receiving surface, at a position where the memory is formed, and a bottom light-shielding film is formed at a bottom portion of the defined hole. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a stacked and back-illuminated solid-state imaging device.

Claims (27)

1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising:

a memory that is located on a side opposite from a light receiving surface and formed in a same substrate of Si as a photoelectric conversion element;

a bottom light-shielding film that is formed at a bottom portion of a hole defined by digging the Si deep from the light receiving surface, at a position where the memory is formed;

a light-transmitting film that is formed to fill the hole over the bottom light-shielding film in the hole;

a top light-shielding film that is formed on part of the light-transmitting film after the light-transmitting film is planarized; and

a digging light-shielding film that is formed by digging the light-transmitting film to connect the top light-shielding film and the bottom light-shielding film.

2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmitting film includes a material having a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the Si.

3. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-transmitting film includes an oxide film.

4. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising an embedded light-shielding film that is formed by being embedded near the memory from a side opposite from the light receiving surface.

5. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein the bottom light-shielding film is formed to be connected to the embedded light-shielding film.

6. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom light-shielding film is formed to fill the hole entirely.

7. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising a global shutter function.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a solid-state imaging device that includes:

a memory that is located on a side opposite from a light receiving surface and formed in a same substrate of Si as a photoelectric conversion element;

a bottom light-shielding film that is formed at a bottom portion of a hole defined by digging the Si deep from the light receiving surface, at a position where the memory is formed;

a light-transmitting film that is formed to fill the hole over the bottom light-shielding film in the hole;

a top light-shielding film that is formed on part of the light-transmitting film after the light-transmitting film is planarized; and

a digging light-shielding film that is formed by digging the light-transmitting film to connect the top light-shielding film and the bottom light-shielding film;

a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device; and

an optical system configured to input incident light into the solid-state imaging device.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-transmitting film includes a material having a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the Si.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the light-transmitting film includes an oxide film.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising an embedded light-shielding film that is formed by being embedded near the memory from a side opposite from the light receiving surface.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the bottom light-shielding film is formed to be connected to the embedded light-shielding film.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the bottom light-shielding film is formed to fill the hole entirely.

14. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising a global shutter function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2020
From: SUGIZAKI, JUNJI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052050/0995 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-102661 · May 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200204753A1 · Jun 25, 2020
Cited By (1)
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