Integrated circuit device
View Patent ↗Integrated circuit devices are disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a focus detection pixel and a lens. The focus detection pixel includes a photosensitive unit and a photo-insensitive unit in a substrate. The lens is disposed over the focus detection pixel, wherein the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit are disposed opposite to each other with respect to an optical axis of the lens, and a light beam passing through the lens is simultaneously incident into the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit.
1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a focus detection pixel, comprising a photosensitive unit and a photo-insensitive unit in a substrate;
a lens, having a single radius of curvature and an optical axis passing through a surface of the curvature at the center of the lens, the lens covering the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit, wherein the photosensitive unit is disposed at a first side of the optical axis and the photo-insensitive unit is disposed at a second side opposite to the first side of the optical axis, a light beam passing through the lens is simultaneously incident into the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit without being blocked, and the photosensitive unit detects the light beam while the photo-insensitive unit is ineffective in sensing the light beam; and
a conductive feature over the substrate between the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit, wherein the optical axis of the lens passes the conductive feature.
2. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the photosensitive unit is about equal to a size of the photo-insensitive unit.
3. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of isolation structures in the substrate, wherein the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit are respectively disposed between the isolation structures.
4. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the photo-insensitive unit is an insulating feature.
5. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the photo-insensitive unit is a doped region having the same conductivity type as the substrate.
6. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the photo-insensitive unit is a portion of the substrate without additional doping.
7. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , further includes a color filter disposed between the focus detection pixel and the lens.
8. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a plurality of image sensing pixels;
a focus detection pixel pair, disposed among the image sensing pixels and comprising a first focus detection pixel and a second focus detection pixel, the first focus detection pixel comprising a first photosensitive unit and a first photo-insensitive unit, and the second focus detection pixel comprising a second photosensitive unit and a second photo-insensitive unit;
a first lens covering the first photosensitive unit and the first photo-insensitive unit, having a single radius of curvature and an optical axis passing through a surface of the curvature at the center of the first lens; and
an isolation structure between the first photosensitive unit and the first photo-insensitive unit, wherein the isolation structure includes a dielectric material and the optical axis of the first lens passes the isolation structure, the first photo-insensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are disposed between the first photosensitive unit and the second photosensitive unit, and the first photo-insensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are respectively receiving light and are ineffective in sensing the light.
9. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of a size of the first photosensitive unit, the first photo-insensitive unit, the second photosensitive unit, and the second photo-insensitive unit is about equal to a size of the image sensing pixel.
10. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , further comprising a second lens, wherein the second lens has a single radius of curvature and covers the second focus detection pixel image sensing pixel.
11. The integrated circuit device according to claim 10 , wherein a size of the first lens is larger than a size of the second lens.
12. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , wherein the first photosensitive unit, the first photo-insensitive unit, the second photosensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are disposed in a substrate, and the first photo-insensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are integrally formed as the isolation structure between the first photosensitive unit and the second photosensitive unit.
13. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , wherein the first photosensitive unit, the first photo-insensitive unit, the second photosensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are disposed in a substrate, and the first photosensitive unit and the second photosensitive unit have light sensing regions while the first photo-insensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are doped regions having the same conductivity type as the substrate.
14. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , wherein the first photosensitive unit, the first photo-insensitive unit, the second photosensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are disposed in a substrate, and the first photo-insensitive unit and the second photo-insensitive unit are portions of the substrate without additional doping.
15. The integrated circuit device according to claim 8 , further includes color filters disposed between the first focus detection pixel and the first lens.
16. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
a focus detection pixel in a substrate, comprising a light-sensitive region, a light-insensitive region and an isolation structure between the light-sensitive region and the light-insensitive region; and
a lens having a single radius of curvature and an optical axis passing through a surface of the curvature at the center of the lens, the lens fully covering the light-sensitive region and the light-insensitive region, wherein the light-insensitive region is a portion of the substrate without additional doping, the optical axis passes through the isolation structure, and a light beam passing through the lens is simultaneously incident into the light-sensitive region and the light-insensitive region.
17. The integrated circuit device according to claim 16 , wherein the light-sensitive region is disposed in an active region having an active device therein, and the light-insensitive region is disposed in a non-active region without an active device therein.
18. The integrated circuit device according to claim 16 , wherein the light-insensitive region is an insulating feature physically connecting to the isolation structure.
19. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive feature is in direct contact with the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit.
20. The integrated circuit device according to claim 1 , further comprising an isolation structure in the substrate, wherein the optical axis of the lens passes the substrate, the isolation structure and the conductive feature.