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Granted Patent B2
US 11,569,123 · App. 17/194,641 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Semiconductor device, fabrication method for a semiconductor device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yoshihisa Kagawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Aoyagi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiya Hagimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Nobutoshi Fujii (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,569,123
App. No.
17/194,641
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode, and a first insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the first electrode and covering a periphery of the first electrode, the first electrode and the first insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face; and a second substrate bonded to and provided on the first substrate and including a second electrode joined to the first electrode, and a second insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the second electrode and covering a periphery of the second electrode, the second electrode and the second insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face to the first substrate.

Claims (42)

1. An imaging device, comprising:

a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a first wiring layer, the first wiring layer including a first electrode, a first interlayer insulating film, and a first protective layer; and

a second substrate including a second wiring layer, the second wiring layer including a second electrode, a second interlayer insulating film, and a second protective layer,

wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other such that the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are facing each other,

wherein the first protective layer surrounds the first electrode in a plan view,

wherein the first interlayer insulating film is disposed between the first protective layer and the first electrode in the plan view,

wherein the second protective layer surrounds the second electrode in the plan view, and

wherein the second interlayer insulating film is disposed between the second protective layer and the second electrode in the plan view.

2. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first protective layer contacts the second protective layer.

3. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the first protective layer is different from a width of the second protective layer in a cross-sectional view.

4. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first protective layer and the second protective layer include one of Ti, Ta, Ru or any nitrides of Ti, Ta, or Ru.

5. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first protective layer includes a first region and a second region in a cross-sectional view, and wherein the first electrode is disposed between the first region and the second region in the cross-sectional view.

6. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the second protective layer includes a third region and a fourth region in a cross-sectional view, and wherein the second electrode is disposed between the third region and the fourth region.

7. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the plan view is a bonded surface of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer.

8. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first protective layer is in a shape of a circle in the plan view.

9. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the second protective layer is in a shape of a circle in the plan view.

10. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first protective layer and the second protective layer are configured to protect the first electrode and the second electrode from water.

11. The imaging device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a barrier metal disposed between the first electrode and the first interlayer insulating film.

12. The imaging device of claim 11 , wherein the barrier metal includes one of Ti, Ta, Ru, or any nitrides of Ti, Ta, or Ru.

13. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first wiring layer includes a third electrode,

wherein the third electrode contacts the first electrode.

14. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the second wiring layer includes a fourth electrode,

wherein the fourth electrode contacts the second electrode.

15. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are different sizes.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

an imaging device, including:

a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a first wiring layer, the first wiring layer including a first electrode, a first interlayer insulating film, and a first protective layer; and

a second substrate including a second wiring layer, the second wiring layer including a second electrode, a second interlayer insulating film, and a second protective layer,

wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other such that the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are facing each other,

wherein the first protective layer surrounds the first electrode in a plan view,

wherein the first interlayer insulating film is disposed between the first protective layer and the first electrode in the plan view,

wherein the second protective layer surrounds the second electrode in the plan view, and wherein the second interlayer insulating film is disposed between the second protective layer and the second electrode in the plan view; and

a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal of said imaging device.

17. A method for providing a semiconductor device, comprising:

producing a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a first wiring layer, the first wiring layer including a first electrode, a first interlayer insulating film, and a first protective layer;

producing a second substrate including a second wiring layer, the second wiring layer including a second electrode, a second interlayer insulating film, and a second protective layer; and

bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to each other such that the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are facing each other,

wherein the first protective layer surrounds the first electrode in a plan view,

wherein the first interlayer insulating film is disposed between the first protective layer and the first electrode in the plan view,

wherein the second protective layer surrounds the second electrode in the plan view, and

wherein the second interlayer insulating film is disposed between the second protective layer and the second electrode in the plan view.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2024
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068435/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: KAGAWA, YOSHIHISA; AOYAGI, KENICHI; HAGIMOTO, YOSHIYA; FUJII, NOBUTOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056484/0859 →
Priority Claims (5)
JP 2011-148883 · Jul 5, 2011 · national
JP 2011-168021 · Aug 1, 2011 · national
JP 2011-170666 · Aug 4, 2011 · national
JP 2011-210142 · Sep 27, 2011 · national
JP 2012-006356 · Jan 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16410877 · May 13, 2019
Continuation 15992908 · May 30, 2018
Continuation 15228860 · Aug 4, 2016
Continuation 14718942 · May 21, 2015
Division 14467852 · Aug 25, 2014
Division 13533526 · Jun 26, 2012
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