Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera

A technology of solid-state imaging devices and manufacturing methods, which is applied in the direction of electric solid-state devices, semiconductor devices, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of image quality degradation, shortening of the exit pupil distance, and inability to concentrate light, and achieve shadow reduction and shortening of the exit pupil effect of distance

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-30
コラボイノベーションズインコーポレイテッド
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[0007] However, according to the prior art described above, the reduction of the exit pupil distance has reached its limit in recent years for the thinning of video cameras for mobile phones and digital still cameras.
For example, with the structure shown in Fig. 1, if the exit pupil distance is further shortened, as shown in Fig. 2, light cannot be collected on the light receiving element, and shadows are generated due to insufficient sensitivity at the end of the light receiving surface.
That is to say, the closer to the end from the center of the image, the worse the sensitivity, and the darker the image is to the periphery, and the image quality deteriorates.
[0008] Furthermore, since the exit pupil distance is shortened, in the case of FIG. 2 , in order to form the microlenses at an appropriate position, the mask must be positioned with higher precision in the process of forming the microlenses. Positioning is difficult to achieve in both design and manufacture
[0009] And, although the solid-state imaging device of Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-326284 can suppress the decrease in sensitivity when the aperture is opened wide, there is the same problem for shortening the exit pupil distance.

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[0044] 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This solid-state imaging device has a light-receiving surface composed of light-receiving elements (photodiodes) arranged two-dimensionally. This figure shows a cross section of two light receiving elements at the center (the left side of the figure) and a cross section of two light receiving elements at the end (right side of the figure) on the light receiving surface. In addition, the solid line in the figure shows the pattern of the incident light from a light source (corresponding to the lens 110 shown in FIG. 18).

[0045] In this figure, on a photodiode 1 formed on a silicon semiconductor substrate 10 of a solid-state imaging device, a planarized transparent insulating film (protective film) 2 made of BPSG (borophosphosilicate glass) or the like is sequentially stacked and formed. In-layer lens 3 with convex shape and high refr...

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[0067] 7 is a cross-sectional view of a solid-state imaging device in a second embodiment of the present invention. The structure of this figure is compared with the structure of FIG. 3, except that the color filter 5 is removed, and the microlens 7 is replaced by a microlens 7a. The description of the same points will be omitted below, and the description will focus on the differences.

[0068] The microlens 7 a is different from the microlens 7 in that it is opaque and doubles as a color filter.

[0069] According to this configuration, similar to the first embodiment, the exit pupil distance can be shortened and shadow shadows can be simulated. In addition, since the microlens 7a also serves as a color filter, the film thickness of the solid-state imaging device can be reduced by an amount equivalent to the thickness of the color filter layer. For example, in the solid-state imaging device in the first embodiment, when the distance from the photodiode 1 to the b...

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[0087] 11 is a cross-sectional view of a solid-state imaging device in a third embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the structure in FIG. 3 , the structure in this figure is different in that the color filter 5 is removed, and the in-layer lens 3 is replaced by an in-layer lens 3 a. Hereinafter, the description of the same content is omitted, and the different content is mainly explained.

[0088] The in-layer lens 3 a is different from the in-layer lens 3 in that it is opaque and doubles as a color filter.

[0089] According to this configuration, similar to the first embodiment, the exit pupil distance can be shortened and shadow shadows can be simulated. In addition, since the in-layer lens 3a also serves as a color filter, the film thickness of the solid-state imaging device can be reduced by an amount equivalent to the thickness of the color filter layer. For example, in the solid-state imaging device in the first embodiment, when the distance f...

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The solid-state image device in the present invention includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses 7 corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film 8 formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At the center of the light-receiving area, micro-lenses 7 are placed in positions directly above the corresponding photodiodes 1, and placed in positions which are progressively offset from the positions directly above the corresponding photodiodes 1, towards the center of the light receiving area, as micro-lenses 7 are located farther from the center of the light-receiving area.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging device having microlenses on a plurality of light-receiving elements formed on a semiconductor substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. Background technique [0002] In recent years, while the number of pixels of solid-state imaging devices has increased, video cameras have also been miniaturized. [0003] In digital still cameras, camera-equipped mobile phones, and the like, the exit pupil distance has been shortened along with miniaturization of cameras. Here, the exit pupil refers to the virtual image of the lens (or diaphragm) viewed from the light receiving surface side, and the exit pupil distance refers to the distance between the light receiving surface and the lens (see Figure 18). [0004] Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the camera portion of the mobile phone. A lens 110 is attached to a body 111 of the mobile phone, and a CCD image sensor 112 is provided inside the mobile pho...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L27/14H04N5/225G02B3/00H01L27/00H01L27/148H01L31/10H04N5/335H04N5/369
CPCH01L27/14621H01L27/14627H01L27/14603H01L27/14806H01L27/14H01L31/10
Inventor 酒勾宏小林正人寺西信一
Owner コラボイノベーションズインコーポレイテッド
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