WO2013088983A1 - 固体撮像装置、固体撮像装置の駆動方法及び電子機器 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, and more particularly, to a CMOS type solid-state imaging device and a driving method thereof.
- the present disclosure also relates to an electronic apparatus using the solid-state imaging device.
- CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- a general CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) type solid-state imaging device has a mechanism that sequentially scans a two-dimensionally arranged pixel array for each pixel row and reads a pixel signal. This row sequential scanning causes a time lag in the accumulation period for each pixel row, causing a phenomenon called focal plane distortion in which the captured image is distorted during moving subject imaging.
- the global shutter function or mechanical shutter can be used to achieve simultaneity of the pixel array accumulation period.
- a function is proposed.
- the mechanical shutter function enables global exposure to complete exposure at the same time for all pixels by controlling the exposure time with mechanical light shielding means. Specifically, the mechanical shutter is opened and exposure is started simultaneously for all the pixels. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the mechanical shutter is closed to complete the exposure.
- mechanical light shielding means is required.
- the mechanical shutter has a limit in the mechanical driving speed, the simultaneity of the exposure time in the pixel region is inferior.
- the global shutter function enables global exposure that completes exposure of all pixels simultaneously by electrical control. Specifically, accumulation of signal charges is started simultaneously on the entire surface of the pixel array by simultaneous reset driving of the photodiodes in the pixel array. Then, the accumulation of signal charges on the entire surface of the pixel array is simultaneously terminated by the simultaneous transfer driving of all rows to the charge accumulation unit such as a floating diffusion.
- a configuration in which a light-shielding film is provided on the upper part of a charge accumulation unit such as a floating diffusion has been proposed.
- a light shielding film by providing the light shielding film, there is a problem that the opening area of the photodiode is reduced, the sensitivity is lowered, and the saturation sensitivity is lowered.
- charge storage units such as floating diffusions are often placed close to the lateral side of the photodiode that serves as the light incident unit, so light leaks and increases noise due to light diffraction and scattering phenomena. There are things to do.
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 As a method for solving such a problem, there has been proposed a solid-state imaging device in which a memory unit for storing electric charges is installed in a pixel separately from a floating diffusion (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
- the memory unit is formed as an embedded charge storage unit, and temporarily holds the signal charge transferred from the photodiode.
- the area to be shielded with respect to the pixel area is increased, and the opening area is further reduced.
- back-illuminated solid-state imaging devices have been proposed as means for increasing the aperture area of pixels with respect to incident light.
- the pixel opening is made large by using the back side opposite to the top side of the semiconductor substrate on which a circuit composed of transistors and wiring is formed as the light incident surface. Can be made finer.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a structure in which a capacitor is formed outside a semiconductor substrate. However, in such a configuration, there is a problem that the dark current generated from the capacitor is large and high image quality cannot be obtained.
- an object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid-state imaging device in which pixels can be miniaturized and sensitivity and saturation charge are improved, and a driving method thereof. Moreover, this indication aims at providing the electronic device using the solid-state imaging device.
- the solid-state imaging device of the present disclosure includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a first charge accumulation unit, a second charge accumulation unit, a first transfer transistor, a floating diffusion unit, and a second transfer transistor.
- the photoelectric conversion unit generates signal charges corresponding to the amount of light.
- the first charge accumulation unit is formed on the substrate and accumulates signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the second charge accumulation unit is formed by being stacked on the first charge accumulation unit in the depth direction of the substrate, and the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit is read out.
- the first transfer transistor includes a first transfer gate electrode formed to be embedded in the substrate from the surface of the substrate on the side where the second charge accumulation portion is formed to a depth reaching the first charge accumulation portion.
- the floating diffusion portion is formed adjacent to the second charge accumulation portion.
- the second transfer transistor transfers the signal charge accumulated in the second charge accumulation unit to the floating diffusion unit.
- the first charge accumulation unit and the second charge accumulation unit are formed by being stacked in the depth direction of the substrate. Thereby, the pixel area can be reduced. Further, reading of the signal charge from the first charge accumulation unit to the second charge accumulation unit is performed by the vertical first transfer transistor. Thereby, the area of the transistor is also reduced, and the pixel is miniaturized.
- the signal charges accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit and the photoelectric conversion unit by turning on the first transfer transistor are converted into the second charge at the same time for all pixels. It has the structure which transfers to an accumulation
- the signal charges accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit are transferred to the second charge accumulation unit at the same time for all pixels and are held in the second charge accumulation unit. Pixels can be simultaneous.
- the electronic apparatus includes an optical lens, the above-described solid-state imaging device on which light collected on the optical lens is incident, and a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device.
- the first charge accumulation unit and the second charge accumulation unit are formed by being stacked in the depth direction of the substrate.
- the pixel area can be reduced, and the electronic device can be reduced in size.
- reading of the signal charge from the first charge accumulation unit to the second charge accumulation unit is performed by the vertical first transfer transistor. Accordingly, the area of the transistor is also reduced, the pixel is miniaturized, and the image quality is improved in the electronic device.
- the pixels can be miniaturized.
- the areas of the photoelectric conversion unit and the first charge storage unit can be increased, the saturation charge amount can be improved. Further, by using the solid-state imaging device, an electronic device with improved image quality can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an entire CMOS solid-state imaging device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure.
- 2 is a schematic cross-sectional configuration in a pixel region of the solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment. It is an equivalent circuit diagram of a pixel of the solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment.
- 4A to 4D are process diagrams (part 1) illustrating the method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment.
- E and F of FIG. 5 are process drawings (the 2) which show the manufacturing method of the solid-state imaging device which concerns on 1st Embodiment.
- 3 is a timing chart illustrating a method for driving the solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7A to 7C are process diagrams showing a method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device according to a modification. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning a 2nd embodiment of this indication.
- FIG. 6 is an equivalent circuit diagram of a pixel of a solid-state imaging device according to a second embodiment.
- 10 is a timing chart illustrating a driving method of the solid-state imaging device according to the second embodiment. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning a 3rd embodiment of this indication. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning a 4th embodiment of this indication.
- FIG. 20A to 20D are process diagrams (part 1) illustrating the method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 21E is a process diagram (part 2) illustrating the method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to the sixth embodiment. It is a cross-sectional block diagram of the principal part of the solid-state imaging device which concerns on the modification 1 of 6th Embodiment. It is a cross-sectional block diagram of the principal part of the solid-state imaging device which concerns on the modification 2 of 6th Embodiment.
- 25A to 25C are process diagrams showing a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to the seventh embodiment. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning an 8th embodiment of this indication. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning a 9th embodiment of this indication. It is a section lineblock diagram of an important section of a solid imaging device concerning a 10th embodiment of this indication. It is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device which concerns on 11th Embodiment of this indication.
- First Embodiment Back-illuminated Solid-State Imaging Device 1-1 Configuration of Solid-State Imaging Device 1-2 Configuration of Main Part 1-3 Manufacturing Method 1-4 Driving Method 1-5 Modified Example 2.
- Second embodiment Example in which one vertical transistor is formed in each pixel.
- Third embodiment Surface irradiation type solid-state imaging device 4.
- Fourth Embodiment Example in which signal charges are drift-moved by transfer electrodes 5.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an entire CMOS solid-state imaging device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the solid-state imaging device 1 includes a pixel region 3 including a plurality of pixels 2 arranged on a substrate 11 made of silicon, a vertical drive circuit 4, a column signal processing circuit 5, and a horizontal drive circuit 6. And an output circuit 7 and a control circuit 8.
- the pixel 2 is composed of a photoelectric conversion unit made of a photodiode and a plurality of pixel transistors, and a plurality of pixels 2 are regularly arranged in a two-dimensional array on the substrate 11.
- Examples of the pixel transistor that constitutes the pixel 2 include a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, a selection transistor, and an amplification transistor. The pixel transistor will be described later.
- the pixel area 3 is composed of a plurality of pixels 2 regularly arranged in a two-dimensional array.
- the pixel region 3 actually receives light, amplifies the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion, and reads it to the column signal processing circuit 5 and outputs optical black serving as a black level reference.
- a black reference pixel region (not shown).
- the black reference pixel region is normally formed on the outer periphery of the effective pixel region.
- the control circuit 8 generates a clock signal, a control signal, and the like that serve as a reference for operations of the vertical drive circuit 4, the column signal processing circuit 5, the horizontal drive circuit 6, and the like based on the vertical synchronization signal, the horizontal synchronization signal, and the master clock. To do.
- the clock signal and control signal generated by the control circuit 8 are input to the vertical drive circuit 4, the column signal processing circuit 5, the horizontal drive circuit 6, and the like.
- the vertical drive circuit 4 is configured by a shift register, for example, and selectively scans each pixel 2 in the pixel region 3 in the vertical direction sequentially in units of rows. Then, a pixel signal based on the signal charge generated according to the amount of light received in the photodiode of each pixel 2 is supplied to the column signal processing circuit 5 through the vertical signal line 9.
- the column signal processing circuit 5 is arranged, for example, for each column of the pixels 2, and a signal output from the pixels 2 for one row is sent to the black reference pixel region (not shown, but around the effective pixel region) for each pixel column. Signal processing such as noise removal and signal amplification.
- a horizontal selection switch (not shown) is provided between the output stage of the column signal processing circuit 5 and the horizontal signal line 10.
- the horizontal drive circuit 6 is constituted by, for example, a shift register, and sequentially outputs horizontal scanning pulses to select each of the column signal processing circuits 5 in order, and the pixel signal is output from each of the column signal processing circuits 5 to the horizontal signal line. 10 to output.
- the output circuit 7 performs signal processing on signals sequentially supplied from each of the column signal processing circuits 5 through the horizontal signal line 10 and outputs the signals.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional configuration in the pixel region 3 of the solid-state imaging device 1 according to this embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows an equivalent circuit diagram of each pixel 2 of the solid-state imaging device 1 according to this embodiment.
- a part of the pixel transistors constituting each pixel 2 is shown in a circuit diagram.
- the solid-state imaging device 1 includes the photoelectric conversion unit 17, the first charge accumulation unit 18, the second charge accumulation unit 25, the floating diffusion unit 34, and a plurality of pixel transistors.
- a substrate 12 is provided.
- the solid-state imaging device 1 includes a wiring layer (not shown) on the front surface side of the substrate 12, and further, a light shielding film 22, a color filter layer 23, and an on-chip lens 24 are provided on the back surface side that is the light incident surface of the substrate 12. Prepare.
- the substrate 12 is made of a semiconductor substrate made of silicon, and has a thickness of 3 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m, for example. Further, the substrate 12 is a first conductivity type (n-type in this embodiment) semiconductor substrate, and the pixel region 3 in which the impurity region constituting the pixel 2 such as the photoelectric conversion portion 17 is formed is the second region.
- the well region 13 is of a conductivity type (p-type in this embodiment).
- Each pixel 2 is partitioned by a pixel separation unit 20 formed on the substrate 12.
- the pixel separation unit 20 is formed of a high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer formed at a desired depth from the back surface side of the substrate 12, and electrically separates two adjacent pixels 2 from each other. Is provided.
- each pixel transistor configuring each pixel 2 are configured in the p-type well region 13. Source / drain regions are formed.
- Each pixel 2 includes six pixel transistors: a first transfer transistor Tr1, a second transfer transistor Tr2, a first reset transistor Tr3, a second reset transistor Tr4, an amplification transistor Tr5, and a selection transistor Tr6.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 17 includes p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 16 and an n-type semiconductor layer 14.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 15 is formed at a shallow position on the back surface of the substrate 12, and the p-type semiconductor layer 16 is formed at a shallow position on the substrate 12.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 14 is formed between the p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 16 formed on the front surface and the back surface of the substrate 12, respectively.
- a photodiode is formed by the pn junctions between the p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 16 and the n-type semiconductor layer 14 formed on the front surface and the back surface of the substrate 12, respectively.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 15 formed on the back side of the substrate 12 is formed with an impurity concentration higher than the p-type impurity concentration constituting the well region 13. Further, the p-type semiconductor layer 16 formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 is constituted by a part of the well region 13. In the present embodiment, the p-type semiconductor layer 16 is configured as a part of the well region 13. However, by separately forming a high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer on the surface side of the substrate 12, the p-type semiconductor layer is formed. It may be 16.
- the p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 16 are formed on the front surface and the back surface of the substrate 12, respectively, so that darkness generated at the interface between the substrate 12 and the oxide film formed on the front surface and the back surface of the substrate 12. The current is suppressed.
- the oxide film formed on the surface of the substrate 12 corresponds to an oxide film formed between the wiring of the wiring layer (not shown) and the substrate 12, and the oxide film formed on the back surface of the substrate 12.
- the first charge storage unit 18 is configured by an n-type semiconductor layer formed so as to be connected to the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the first charge storage unit 18 is formed on the back side of the substrate 12 and is formed with a width narrower than the width in the depth direction of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge storage unit 18 is higher than the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the photoelectric conversion section 17 and 10 -14 to 10 -15 cm -3 the first charge accumulation portion 18, the impurity concentration of 10 -15 to 10 - It can be composed of a 16 cm ⁇ 3 n-type semiconductor layer.
- the impurity concentration of the first charge accumulation unit 18 higher than that of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17, a potential gradient can be formed in the substrate 12. .
- the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 flows to the first charge storage unit 18 having a high potential potential and is stored there.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 19 is formed continuously with the p-type semiconductor layer 15 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17 on the back side of the substrate 12.
- the second charge accumulation unit 25 is configured by an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the surface side of the substrate 12, and the second charge accumulation unit 25 is the first in the depth direction (thickness direction) of the substrate 12. It is arranged at a position overlapping the charge storage unit 18. That is, the second charge accumulation unit 25 is formed on the first charge accumulation unit 18 in the thickness direction of the substrate 12. At this time, the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge accumulation unit 18 and the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the second charge accumulation unit 25 are connected to each other via the p-type well region 13. They are arranged electrically separated.
- the impurities of the second charge storage unit 25 It is desirable that the concentration be higher than the impurity concentration of the first charge storage unit 18.
- a thin p-type semiconductor layer 26 is formed on the surface side of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the second charge accumulation portion 25 so as to be in contact with the second charge accumulation portion 25.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 26 can suppress the generation of dark current that occurs at the interface between the oxide film constituting the wiring layer (not shown) formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 and the substrate 12.
- the floating diffusion portion 34 is formed in a region between the second charge accumulation portion 25 and the photoelectric conversion portion 17 on the surface side of the substrate 12.
- the floating diffusion portion 34 is composed of a high concentration n-type semiconductor layer.
- source / drain regions constituting each pixel transistor are formed on the surface side of the substrate 12.
- the drains 35 and 29 constituting the first and second reset transistors Tr3 and Tr4 are shown as representatives.
- the source / drain regions constituting each pixel transistor are also composed of high-concentration n-type semiconductor layers like the floating diffusion portion 34. Further, the source / drain regions constituting the floating diffusion portion 34 and each pixel transistor are also formed at positions overlapping the first charge storage portion 18 in the depth direction of the substrate 12, and n through the p-type well region 13.
- the type semiconductor layers are formed so as not to be connected to each other.
- the first transfer transistor Tr1 includes a first charge storage unit 18 serving as a source, a second charge storage unit 25 serving as a drain, and a first transfer gate electrode 27.
- the first transfer gate electrode 27 constituting the first transfer transistor Tr1 is a vertical gate electrode formed in the depth direction from the surface side of the substrate 12, and penetrates through the second charge storage unit 25 to the second transfer electrode 25. It is formed to a depth that reaches one charge storage portion 18.
- the first transfer gate electrode 27 is formed by embedding an electrode material through a gate insulating film 28 in a trench portion formed at a desired depth from the surface side of the substrate 12.
- a thin p-type semiconductor layer may be formed on the side surface and the bottom surface of the trench portion.
- the first transfer gate electrode 27 is connected to a wiring for supplying the first transfer pulse ⁇ TRG1 as shown in FIG.
- a desired first transfer pulse ⁇ TRG ⁇ b> 1 is applied to the first transfer gate electrode 27, whereby the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18 is read out to the second charge accumulation unit 25. Can do.
- a channel is formed along the first transfer gate electrode 27, and the signal charge moves to the second charge accumulation unit 25 along the first transfer gate electrode 27.
- the second transfer transistor Tr2 includes a second charge accumulation unit 25 serving as a source, a floating diffusion unit 34 serving as a drain, and a second transfer gate electrode 32.
- the second transfer gate electrode 32 constituting the second transfer transistor Tr2 is formed on the surface of the substrate 12 between the source and drain via a gate insulating film 28 made of, for example, a silicon oxide film. As shown in FIG. 3, the second transfer gate electrode 32 is connected to a wiring for supplying the second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG2. In the second transfer transistor Tr 2, the signal charge accumulated in the second charge accumulation unit 25 can be read out to the floating diffusion unit 34 by applying a desired second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG 2.
- the first reset transistor Tr3 includes a floating diffusion portion 34 that is a source, a drain 35 that is connected to the power supply voltage Vdd, and a first reset gate electrode 33.
- the first reset gate electrode 33 constituting the first reset transistor Tr3 is formed on the surface of the substrate 12 between the source and drain via a gate insulating film 28 made of, for example, a silicon oxide film. As shown in FIG. 3, the first reset gate electrode 33 is connected to a wiring for supplying the first reset pulse ⁇ RST1. In the first reset transistor ⁇ RST1, by applying a desired reset pulse ⁇ RST1 to the first reset gate electrode 33, the potential of the floating diffusion portion 34 is reset to the power supply voltage Vdd.
- the second reset transistor Tr4 includes a first charge storage unit 18 serving as a source, a drain 29 connected to a power supply voltage Vdd, and a second reset gate electrode 30.
- the second reset gate electrode 30 constituting the second reset transistor Tr4 is a vertical gate electrode formed in the depth direction from the surface side of the substrate 12, and penetrates the drain 29 to form the first charge storage portion. The depth reaches 18.
- the second reset gate electrode 30 is formed by embedding an electrode material through a gate insulating film 28 in a trench portion formed at a desired depth from the surface side of the substrate 12.
- the second reset gate electrode 30 is connected to a wiring for supplying the second reset pulse ⁇ RST2 as shown in FIG.
- the second reset transistor Tr4 by applying a desired reset pulse ⁇ RST2 to the second reset gate electrode 30, the potential of the first charge storage unit 18 is reset to the power supply voltage Vdd.
- a channel is formed along the second reset gate electrode 30, and the signal charge is discharged along the third reset gate electrode 30 to the drain 29.
- the potential of the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is reset to the power supply voltage Vdd when the first charge storage unit 18 is reset. Is done.
- the amplification transistor Tr5 includes a drain connected to the power supply voltage Vdd, a source that also serves as the drain of the selection transistor Tr6, and a selection gate electrode 45. As shown in FIG. 3, the amplification gate electrode 45 between the source and drain of the amplification transistor Tr5 is connected to the floating diffusion portion 34.
- the amplification transistor Tr5 constitutes a source follower circuit using the power supply voltage Vdd as a load, and a pixel signal corresponding to the potential change of the floating diffusion section 34 is output from the amplification transistor Tr5.
- the selection transistor Tr6 includes a drain that also serves as the source of the amplification transistor Tr5, a source that is connected to the vertical signal line 9, and a selection gate electrode 46. As shown in FIG. 3, a wiring for supplying a selection pulse ⁇ SEL is connected to the selection gate electrode 46 between the source and drain of the selection transistor Trs. By supplying the selection pulse ⁇ SEL to the selection gate electrode 46 for each pixel, the pixel signal amplified by the amplification transistor Tr5 is output to the vertical signal line 9 via the selection transistor Tr6.
- the amplification transistor Tr5 and the selection transistor Tr6 are illustrated in a circuit diagram, and the cross-sectional configuration is not illustrated, but actually, the first charge accumulation unit 18 in the depth direction of the substrate 12 is illustrated. It is formed in the position which overlaps. Further, the source / drain regions constituting the amplification transistor Tr5 and the selection transistor Tr6 also have the same configuration as the source / drain region when the first reset transistor Tr3 is constituted, for example.
- a wiring layer laminated in a plurality of layers is formed via an interlayer insulating film.
- a desired pulse is supplied to each pixel transistor via these wiring layers, and the signal charge of each pixel 2 is read out.
- the light-shielding film 22 is formed on the back surface side that is the light incident surface side of the substrate 12 via an insulating film 21 made of, for example, a silicon oxide film, opens the photoelectric conversion unit 17 with respect to the light incident surface, and stores the first charge.
- the portion 18 and the region where each pixel transistor is formed are formed so as to be shielded from light.
- the light shielding film 22 may be made of any material that can shield light. For example, tungsten (W), aluminum (Al), Ti (titanium), TiN (titanium nitride), Cu (copper), or Ta (tantalum) is used. Further, the light shielding film 22 can be formed of a laminated film made of these material films.
- the color filter layer 23 is formed on the light shielding film 22 via the insulating film 21.
- a filter layer that selectively transmits light of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) is a pixel. It is arranged for each. Moreover, these filter layers are arrange
- each pixel transmits one of R, G, and B.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the material constituting the color filter layer 23 other organic materials that transmit light such as cyan, yellow, and magenta may be used, and various selections are possible depending on specifications.
- the on-chip lens 24 is formed on the color filter layer 23 and is formed for each pixel. In the on-chip lens 24, the incident light is collected, and the collected light efficiently enters each photoelectric conversion unit 17 through the color filter layer 23. In the present embodiment, the on-chip lens 24 is configured to collect incident light at the central position of the photoelectric conversion unit 17 opened by the light shielding film 22.
- incident light is photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit 17, and signal charges corresponding to the incident light are generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the generated signal charge moves along the potential gradient in the substrate 12 and is mainly accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18.
- the signal charges accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18 are mainly transferred to the second charge accumulation unit 25 at the same time for all the pixels, and transferred to the floating diffusion unit 34 for each row. Details of this driving method will be described later.
- the first charge accumulation unit 18 connected to the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the second charge accumulation unit 25 that temporarily holds the signal charge are stacked in the depth direction of the substrate 12. Is formed. For this reason, the pixel area can be reduced, and the pixel can be miniaturized. Further, the signal charge stored in the first charge storage unit 18 can be read out by the first transfer transistor Tr1 configured by a vertical transistor. Since the vertical transistor reads signal charges in the depth direction of the substrate 12, it occupies a smaller area than a configuration in which signal charges are read in the horizontal direction of the substrate 12, as in a normal planar transistor. For this reason, further pixel miniaturization becomes possible.
- the first charge accumulation unit 18 and the second charge accumulation unit 25 are stacked in the depth direction of the substrate 12 and the signal charge of the first charge accumulation unit 18 is vertical. Transfer is performed by a first transfer transistor Tr1 made of a type transistor. For this reason, the formation position of the second charge accumulation unit 25 may be a position that overlaps the first charge accumulation unit 18, and the degree of freedom of layout of the pixel transistors is high.
- the first transfer transistor Tr ⁇ b> 1 can be formed in a region away from the opening position of the light shielding film 22. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the incident light from leaking to the second charge accumulating unit 25 due to diffraction phenomenon, scattering phenomenon, or the like during signal readout, and noise can be further reduced.
- the first charge storage unit 18 connected to the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the semiconductor layer constituting each pixel transistor are formed at positions overlapping in the depth direction of the substrate 12,
- the area of the one charge storage unit 18 can be widened. Thereby, the saturation charge amount is improved.
- FIGS. 4A to 5F are process diagrams showing a method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device 1 of the present embodiment.
- an n-type substrate 12 made of silicon is prepared, and p-type well region 13 is formed by, for example, ion implantation of group III atom B (boron) or the like, which is a p-type dopant.
- group III atom B boron
- P phosphorus
- the second charge storage portion 25, the floating diffusion portion 34, and the source / drain regions 29 and 35 of each pixel transistor are formed.
- a thin p-type semiconductor layer 26 is formed on the surface side of the second charge storage portion 25 by ion implantation of p-type impurities at a high concentration. These steps can be formed by using a normal CMOS type solid-state imaging device manufacturing process.
- a support substrate (not shown) made of silicon or the like is bonded to the front surface side of the substrate 12, and the substrate 12 is inverted so that the back surface side of the substrate 12 faces the upper surface.
- a resist layer 36 having an opening in the region where the photoelectric conversion portion 17 is formed is formed, and n-type impurities are ion-implanted through the resist layer 36.
- the first region 14 a of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is formed.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 31 is epitaxially grown to a desired thickness while doping an n-type impurity on the back side of the substrate 12 using a CVD method (Chemical Vapor Deposition). .
- the second region 14b constituting the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge storage unit 18 are formed.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 14 which comprises the 1st charge storage part 18 and the photoelectric conversion part 17 is formed.
- the concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge storage unit 18 is higher than the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17. For this reason, if necessary, n-type impurities may be ion-implanted again into the first charge storage unit 18 side.
- a resist layer 37 having a desired region opened is formed on the back side of the substrate 12, that is, on the upper surface of the epitaxially grown n-type semiconductor layer 31.
- a resist layer 37 having an opening at a portion where the pixel separation portion 20 shown in FIG. 4D is formed is formed.
- the pixel separation portion 20 is formed by ion-implanting p-type impurities through the resist layer 37.
- a p-type dopant is ion-implanted at a high concentration to a depth at least where the n-type semiconductor layer 31 formed in the previous step is separated for each pixel.
- the resist layer 37 formed in the formation process of the pixel separation unit 20 is removed, and a p-type impurity is formed in a shallow position above the n-type semiconductor layer 14 and the first charge storage unit 18 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17. Is ion-implanted at a high concentration. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5E, p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 19 for dark current suppression are formed. Thereafter, each impurity region is activated by annealing at about 1000 ° C.
- the support substrate (not shown) bonded to the front surface side of the substrate 12 is removed, and this time, the support substrate (not shown) is bonded to the back surface side of the substrate 12 so that the front surface side of the substrate 12 is the top surface.
- the substrate 12 is inverted so as to face the direction. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5F, a gate electrode of each pixel transistor is formed.
- the gate electrode In the step of forming the gate electrode, first, etching is performed from the surface side of the semiconductor substrate to the depth direction of the substrate 12 through a mask in which a region in which the vertical gate electrode is formed is opened, thereby obtaining a desired depth. A trench portion is formed. Thereafter, the mask used at the time of etching is removed, and a silicon oxide film to be the gate insulating film 28 is formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 including the inner peripheral surface of the trench portion. Then, while filling the inside of the trench portion, a gate electrode material film made of, for example, polysilicon is formed on the surface side of the substrate 12. Finally, the gate electrode material film is etched to form the gate electrode of each pixel transistor as shown in F of FIG.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 16 on the surface side of the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is configured as a p-type well region 13.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and if necessary, a p-type impurity is ion-implanted at a high concentration at a shallow position on the surface side of the photoelectric conversion portion 17 after forming the gate electrode, thereby suppressing dark current.
- a p-type semiconductor layer may be formed.
- a wiring layer is formed by forming a plurality of wirings on the surface side of the substrate 12 via an interlayer insulating film made of a silicon oxide film.
- the support substrate attached to the back surface side of the substrate 12 is removed, the support substrate is attached to the wiring layer side, and then inverted so that the back surface side of the substrate faces the top surface.
- the light shielding film 22, the color filter layer 23, the on-chip lens 24, and the like are sequentially formed on the back surface side of the substrate using a general process, so that the solid-state imaging device 1 according to the present embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 is formed. Is completed.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing a driving method of the solid-state imaging device 1 of the present embodiment.
- the timing of reading the pixels in the nth row will be described as an example.
- the first reset transistor Tr3 is turned on by starting the supply of the first reset pulse ⁇ RST1 simultaneously for all pixels.
- the signal charge accumulated in the floating diffusion portion 34 is discharged to the power supply voltage Vdd side, and the floating diffusion portion 34 is reset.
- the signal charge accumulated in the floating diffusion portion 34 is the signal charge read in the previous frame.
- the supply of the first reset pulse ⁇ RST1 is stopped simultaneously for all the pixels, and the second reset transistor Tr3 is turned off.
- the series of operations up to this point are performed simultaneously for all pixels. That is, in this embodiment, global exposure is started by turning off the second reset transistor Tr4 simultaneously for all pixels, and global exposure is ended by turning on the first transfer transistor Tr1 simultaneously for all pixels. That is, the period from when the second reset transistor Tr4 is turned off to when the first transfer transistor Tr1 is turned on next is the exposure period.
- signal charges corresponding to the amount of incident light are generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 moves along the potential potential in the substrate 12 and is mainly accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18.
- the supply of the second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG2 is stopped, and the supply of the selection pulse ⁇ SEL is stopped to turn off the second transfer transistor Tr2 and the selection transistor Tr6, thereby completing the reading of the pixels in the nth row.
- the pixels in the (n + 1) th row are read out, and the pixels in all the rows are read out in order.
- the global shutter operation can be performed in the solid-state imaging device 1 in which the pixels are miniaturized, all the pixels can be exposed simultaneously, and the focal plane distortion is eliminated. Further, in the present embodiment, by separately providing the second reset transistor Tr4 that resets the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18, the exposure period of the next frame is started before the readout period ends. be able to. Such an effect is particularly effective for moving image shooting.
- the second charge storage unit 25, the floating diffusion unit 34, and the source / source of each pixel transistor are formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 as in the first embodiment.
- the drain regions 29 and 35 and the p-type semiconductor layer 26 are formed.
- a resist layer 38 having an opening in the region where the photoelectric conversion portion 17 is formed is formed on the back side of the substrate 12. Then, n-type impurities are ion-implanted with high energy through the resist layer 38 to form the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the entire region of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is formed by one ion implantation. For this reason, ion implantation with higher energy is performed as compared with the process shown in FIG.
- a resist layer 39 having an opening in a region where the first charge storage portion 18 is formed is formed.
- an n-type impurity is ion-implanted through the resist layer 39 to form the first charge storage portion 18 formed to a desired depth of the substrate 12.
- the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge storage portion 18 is preferably higher than the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion portion 17. Therefore, the first charge storage unit 18 is formed by ion implantation at a higher concentration than the n-type semiconductor layer 14 that forms the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the solid-state imaging device 1 shown in FIG. 2 is completed by the same processes as those shown in FIG. 4D to FIG. 5F.
- the epitaxial growth step is eliminated, so that the number of steps can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 70 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 8, parts corresponding to those in FIG.
- the second reset transistor Tr4 is not configured in the solid-state imaging device 1 according to the first embodiment. That is, in the solid-state imaging device 70 of the present embodiment, each pixel is configured by the first transfer transistor Tr1, the second transfer transistor Tr2, the reset transistor Tr3, the amplification transistor Tr5, and the selection transistor Tr6.
- FIG. 9 shows an equivalent circuit diagram of pixels of the solid-state imaging device 70 of the present embodiment.
- the reset transistor Tr3 has a source serving as the floating diffusion portion 34 and a drain connected to the power supply voltage Vdd. Further, the reset pulse ⁇ RST is applied to the gate electrode 33 of the reset transistor Tr3 through a wiring.
- FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing a method for driving the solid-state imaging device 70 according to the present embodiment.
- the timing of reading the pixels in the nth row will be described as an example.
- the supply of the reset pulse ⁇ RST is started at the same time for all pixels, and at the same time, the supply of the first transfer pulse ⁇ TRG1 and the second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG2 is started, and the reset transistor Tr3, the first transfer transistor Tr1 and the second transfer transistor Tr2 are simultaneously turned on. To do. As a result, the signal charge accumulated in the floating diffusion portion 34 is discharged to the power supply voltage Vdd side, and the floating diffusion portion 34 is reset.
- the second charge storage unit 25, the first charge storage unit 18, and the photoelectric conversion unit 17 are also electrically connected to the power supply voltage Vdd. The conversion unit 17 is also reset.
- the signal charge accumulated in the floating diffusion section 34 before resetting is the signal charge read in the previous frame.
- the signal charges stored in the first charge storage unit 18 and the photoelectric conversion unit 17 are signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 after the exposure period ends in the previous frame.
- the supply of the reset pulse ⁇ RST, the first transfer pulse ⁇ TRG1, and the second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG2 is stopped simultaneously for all pixels, and the reset transistor Tr3, the first transfer transistor Tr1, and the second transfer transistor Tr2 are turned off. Then, the exposure period is started by turning off the first transfer transistor Tr1.
- the series of operations up to this point are performed simultaneously for all pixels. That is, in this embodiment, global exposure is started by turning off the reset transistor Tr3, the first transfer transistor Tr1, and the second transfer transistor Tr2 simultaneously for all pixels. Then, global exposure is completed by simultaneously turning on the first transfer transistor Tr1 for all pixels. That is, the period from when the first transfer transistor Tr1 is turned off to when the first transfer transistor Tr1 is turned on is the exposure period. In the exposure period, signal charges corresponding to the amount of incident light are generated by the photoelectric conversion unit. The signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 moves along the potential potential in the substrate 12 and is mainly accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18.
- the supply of the second transfer pulse ⁇ TRG2 is stopped, and the supply of the selection pulse ⁇ SEL is stopped to turn off the second transfer transistor Tr2 and the selection transistor Tr6, thereby completing the reading of the pixels in the nth row.
- the pixels in the (n + 1) th row are read out, and the pixels in all the rows are read out in order.
- the floating diffusion unit 34, the second charge storage unit 25, the first charge storage unit 18 and the photoelectric conversion unit 17 can be reset at a time, the circuit is simplified and variation is reduced. Is also effective.
- the solid-state imaging device 70 of the present embodiment since a reset transistor for resetting the first charge storage unit 18 and the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is not separately provided, the pixel area can be reduced. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 71 of the present embodiment.
- the present embodiment is an example of a surface irradiation type solid-state imaging device, and is an example in which the solid-state imaging device 1 according to the first embodiment and the light incident surface are configured on the opposite side.
- a light shielding film 22 is formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 on which each pixel transistor is formed, and the color filter layer 23 and the on-state are formed on the light shielding film 22.
- a chip lens 24 is formed.
- the light shielding film 22 can be formed by using a part of wiring formed in a wiring layer (not shown) formed on the surface side of the substrate 12.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 16 on the surface side is formed by ion-implanting p-type impurities at a high concentration.
- the solid-state imaging device 71 of this embodiment can be formed in the same manner as in the first embodiment until the pixel transistor is formed on the surface side of the substrate 12. After the pixel transistor is formed, the wiring layer 40 including the light shielding film 22, the color filter layer 23, and the on-chip lens 24 are formed on the surface side of the substrate, thereby completing the solid-state imaging device 71 shown in FIG. .
- light incident from the surface side of the substrate 12 via the on-chip lens 24 and the color filter layer 23 is photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 to generate a signal charge corresponding to the amount of light. Then, the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 17 moves along the potential potential of the substrate 12 and is accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 18.
- each impurity diffusion layer in the substrate 12 can be formed by the same method as in the first embodiment. There is no need to invert the substrate 12 again after the layer formation step, and the number of steps is reduced. Also in this embodiment, it can be driven by the same driving method as in the first embodiment. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 72 of the present embodiment.
- the present embodiment is an example in which a signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is moved to the first charge accumulation unit 18 side by applying a voltage to the first charge accumulation unit 18.
- FIG. 12 parts corresponding to those in FIG.
- the transfer electrode 41 is formed on the back surface of the substrate 12 serving as the light incident surface above the first charge storage portion 18 via the insulating film 42 made of a silicon oxide film.
- a material constituting the transfer electrode 41 for example, a conductive material such as polysilicon, Cu, Al, or W can be used.
- the potential potential of the first charge storage unit 18 is configured to be lower than the potential potential of the photoelectric conversion unit 17.
- the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is transferred to the first charge storage unit 18 side.
- the signal charge can be moved efficiently. Furthermore, since the signal charge flowing to the first charge accumulation unit 18 side can be increased, the amount of signal charge that can be read by the first transfer transistor Tr1 can be increased, and the sensitivity can be improved. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the light shielding film 22 and the transfer electrode 41 are provided separately.
- the transfer electrode 41 is made of a light-shielding conductive material
- the transfer electrode 41 also serves as the light shielding film 22. be able to. In that case, the height of the element can be reduced on the light incident surface side.
- FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 73 of the present embodiment.
- a signal readout transistor is provided between the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the first charge storage unit 18.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the first charge storage unit 18 are formed apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the darkness formed on the back side of the substrate 12 is formed.
- the p-type semiconductor layers 15 and 19 for current suppression are also formed apart by a predetermined distance.
- the transfer electrode 43 is formed on the back side of the substrate 12 via the gate insulating film 44. That is, in the present embodiment, the signal charge transfer between the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the first charge storage unit 18 is performed by the signal read transistor Tr7 configured by the transfer electrode 43.
- the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit 17 is transferred to the first charge storage unit 18 by supplying a desired read potential to the transfer electrode 43 and turning on the signal read transistor Tr7. It is stored in one charge storage unit 18.
- the movement of the signal charge between the photoelectric conversion unit 17 and the first charge storage unit 18 is controlled by the signal readout transistor Tr7, so that the signal charge can also be held once in the photoelectric conversion unit 17. .
- the first charge storage unit 18 can also hold signal charges. Thereby, in this embodiment, since a signal charge can be held twice continuously, it can be applied to a high-speed shutter.
- the amount of signal charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit 17 can be controlled, so that a wide dynamic range is possible. Furthermore, in this embodiment, blooming due to overflow of signal charges from the photoelectric conversion unit 17 can be prevented. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 74 of the present embodiment.
- the solid-state imaging device 74 of this embodiment is an example in which the configuration of the photoelectric conversion unit is different from that of the first embodiment.
- parts corresponding to those in FIG. In FIG. 14, a part of the pixel transistor constituting each pixel is shown in a circuit diagram.
- the solid-state imaging device 74 of the present embodiment includes a substrate 12 on which a first charge accumulation unit 52, a second charge accumulation unit 25, a floating diffusion unit 34, and a plurality of pixel transistors are formed.
- the solid-state imaging device 74 includes a photoelectric conversion unit 50, a barrier layer 68, a transparent electrode 57, a color filter layer 23, and an on-chip lens 24 that are stacked on the light incident surface side of the substrate 12.
- the substrate 12 is composed of a substrate 12 made of n-type silicon.
- the substrate 12 is formed to a thickness of 3 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m, and a pixel region in which an impurity region constituting each pixel is formed is a p-type well region. It is set to 13.
- Each pixel is partitioned by a pixel separation unit 53 formed on the substrate 12.
- the pixel separation portion 53 is formed of a high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer formed at a desired depth from the back surface side of the substrate 12 and is provided so as to electrically separate adjacent pixels.
- each pixel includes six pixel transistors: a first transfer transistor Tr1, a second transfer transistor Tr2, a first reset transistor Tr3, a second reset transistor Tr4, an amplification transistor Tr5, and a selection transistor Tr6.
- the first charge storage section 52 is composed of an n-type semiconductor layer formed from the back surface side of the substrate 12 to a predetermined depth.
- the first charge accumulating unit 52 is formed for each corresponding pixel. In each pixel, the first charge accumulating unit 52 is formed over the entire area of the unit pixel sectioned by the pixel separating unit 53.
- the first charge accumulation unit 52 functions as an accumulation unit that accumulates signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 described later.
- the first charge storage unit 52 preferably has a configuration in which impurities are distributed so that the n-type impurity concentration increases from the back surface side of the substrate in the depth direction.
- the first charge accumulation unit 52 can have a potential gradient that increases the potential potential in the depth direction of the substrate 12.
- the signal charges (electrons in the present embodiment) that have moved from the photoelectric conversion unit 50 are automatically moved to the surface side of the substrate 12 in the first charge storage unit 52.
- Each pixel transistor is formed on the surface side of the substrate 12 as in the first embodiment, and in this embodiment, the first transfer transistor Tr1 and the second reset transistor Tr4 are vertical transistors. That is, the first transfer gate electrode 27 and the second reset gate electrode 30 are formed to a depth that reaches the first charge storage portion 52.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is made of a photoelectric conversion material that can generate a signal charge according to the amount of incident light.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is stacked on the back side of the substrate 12 and is a first charge storage composed of an n-type semiconductor layer. It is provided on the entire pixel region so as to cover the upper surface of the portion 52.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is configured to also serve as a light shielding film. That is, the light incident on the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is photoelectrically converted here and is not incident on the substrate 12 side.
- a pixel separation unit hereinafter referred to as a photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is partitioned for each pixel.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between photon energy and light absorption coefficient in various semiconductor materials.
- the light absorption coefficient of CuInSe 2 is higher than that of other materials, particularly about two orders of magnitude higher than that of Si single crystal (x-Si in FIG. 15). Therefore, the photoelectric conversion section composed of CuInSe 2 not only functions as a photoelectric conversion unit, it is possible to perform suitably functions as a light shielding film for shielding the visible light.
- the material used for the photoelectric conversion unit 50 has a crystal structure of any of single crystal, polycrystal, and amorphous as long as the absorption coefficient of visible light is higher than that of the substrate 12 made of silicon and exhibits a photoelectric conversion function. May be. Further, a chalcopyrite material other than CuInSe 2 may be used as the chalcopyrite material constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the photoelectric conversion part 50 is formed of a compound semiconductor having a chalcopyrite structure made of, for example, a mixed crystal of copper-aluminum-gallium-indium-sulfur-selenium (hereinafter referred to as CuAlGaInSSe-based mixed crystal). May be.
- the CuAlGaInSSe mixed crystal can be formed by controlling the composition so that the lattice constant thereof matches the lattice constant of silicon, crystal defects can be reduced. Therefore, the CuAlGaInSSe-based mixed crystal can be epitaxially grown as a single crystal thin film on the silicon substrate 12, and crystal defects such as misfit transition occurring at the heterointerface can be reduced. Thereby, generation
- the chalcopyrite material constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 50 may be any of p-type, n-type, and i-type conductivity. However, it is preferable to change the impurity concentration so that the potential potential in the photoelectric conversion unit 50 changes so that the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 moves to the first charge storage unit 52 side. As in the present embodiment, when electrons are used as signal charges, the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is configured so that the potential potential increases toward the substrate 12 side, so that the signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 are potential. It moves along the gradient and is accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 52.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relationship between photon energy and extinction coefficient k in various silicide-based materials.
- the light absorption coefficient of ⁇ -iron silicide material is about two orders of magnitude higher than that of Si (H. Katsumata, et al., J. Appl. Phys. 8 (10), 5955 (1996). reference).
- ⁇ -iron silicide material ⁇ -FeSi 2
- can be epitaxially grown on a silicon substrate see John E. Mahan, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 56 (21), 2126 (1990)). For this reason, by using a ⁇ -iron silicide material ( ⁇ -FeSi 2 ), it is possible to form the photoelectric conversion unit 50 that exhibits both the photoelectric conversion function and the light shielding function.
- the absorption coefficient of barium silicide-based material (BaSi 2 ) and Ba 1-x Sr x Si 2 is about two orders of magnitude higher than that of silicon (Si).
- silicide materials such as SiGe, Mg 2 SiGe, SrSi 2 , MnSi 1.7 , CrSi 2 , NiSi, CuSi, CoSi, and PtSi also have a high absorption coefficient. Therefore, by using a silicide-based material, the photoelectric conversion unit 50 that also functions as a light shielding film can be formed.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 can be formed using an organic material in addition to the inorganic material as described above.
- it can be formed of an organic material containing a quinacridone dye or a coumarin dye.
- the color filter layer 23 is provided on the light incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50, when the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is configured with an organic material, a material having sensitivity over the entire visible light region is used. May be.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 may be configured to absorb light having a wavelength corresponding to the wavelength of light transmitted through the color filter layer 23.
- the organic material is a material having a low electron mobility.
- the photoelectric conversion part 50 is comprised using an organic material, it is not necessary to form the photoelectric conversion part side pixel separation part 51 which isolate
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is configured using an organic material, it can be formed by applying an organic material on the substrate 12.
- the barrier layer 68 is provided between the transparent electrode 57 and the upper part of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 in order to prevent carrier injection from the transparent electrode 57 to the photoelectric conversion unit 50 side.
- the barrier layer 68 can be formed of a material that can prevent the injection of electrons.
- a zinc oxide (ZnO) film, a nickel oxide (NiO) film, a copper oxide (Cu 2 O) film, or a diamond (C ) It can be formed with a film or the like.
- the barrier layer 68 is formed, but it may not be formed.
- the transparent electrode 57 is formed on the light incident surface side above the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and is formed on the entire pixel region.
- the transparent electrode 57 is formed of an electrode material having optical transparency with respect to a wavelength in the visible light region.
- the transparent electrode 57 is transparent such as an indium tin oxide (ITO) film, an indium zinc oxide film, or an aluminum zinc oxide (AZO) film.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- AZO aluminum zinc oxide
- a conductive film can be used.
- the transparent electrode 57 is grounded to the ground potential and is configured to prevent charge due to hole accumulation.
- the first charge accumulation unit 52 made of an n-type semiconductor layer is formed in the lower layer of the photoelectric conversion unit 50, and the transparent layer grounded to the ground potential is formed in the upper layer of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- An electrode 57 is formed.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a result of simulating a state in which light is transmitted in the solid-state imaging device 74 according to the present embodiment.
- a CuInGaS 2 film having a thickness of 0.3 ⁇ m is provided on the substrate 12 having a thickness of 0.5 ⁇ m as the photoelectric conversion unit 50, a result when light having a wavelength of 650 nm is incident through the on-chip lens 24. Is shown.
- an n-type substrate 12 is prepared, and a p-type well region 13 is formed by ion implantation of, for example, a p-type impurity.
- the second charge storage unit 25 and the floating diffusion unit 34 are implanted by injecting P (phosphorus) of a group V atom as an n-type dopant into the surface side of the substrate 12.
- source / drain regions 29 and 35 of each pixel transistor are formed.
- a p-type semiconductor layer 26 is formed on the surface side of the second charge storage portion 25 by ion implantation of p-type impurities at a high concentration. These steps can be formed by using a normal CMOS type solid-state imaging device manufacturing process.
- a support substrate (not shown) made of silicon or the like is bonded to the front surface side of the substrate 12, and the substrate 12 is inverted so that the back surface side of the substrate 12 faces the upper surface.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 54 serving as the first charge storage portion 52 is formed to a desired thickness while doping the n-type impurity on the back surface side of the substrate 12 using the CVD method. Epitaxially grow.
- a resist layer 55 is formed on the epitaxially grown n-type semiconductor layer 54 so that a region for forming the pixel isolation portion 20 is opened.
- the resist layer 55 can be formed using a normal photolithography technique.
- the pixel isolation portion 20 is formed by ion-implanting a p-type impurity through the resist layer 55 so as to have a concentration higher than, for example, the impurity concentration of the p-type well region 13.
- the p-type semiconductor layer constituting the pixel separation unit 20 is formed to a depth that allows at least the first charge accumulation unit 52 to be separated for each pixel.
- a photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed on the first charge storage unit 52 by epitaxially growing a chalcopyrite-based material.
- methods for epitaxially growing a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor include, for example, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), liquid phase, and liquid phase.
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- LPE Liquid Phase Epitaxy
- the lattice constant of silicon (Si) constituting the substrate 12 is 51.45 nm
- the CuAlGaInSSe mixed crystal contains a material corresponding to this lattice constant
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is lattice-matched with the substrate 12. It can be formed. For this reason, for example, a CuGa 0.52 In 0.48 S 2 film can be epitaxially grown on the substrate 12 as the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the photoelectric conversion part 50 When forming the photoelectric conversion part 50 using MOCVD method, it is set as a saturated vapor pressure state by bubbling an organometallic raw material with hydrogen in a MOCVD apparatus. Thereby, on the substrate 12 made of silicon, the organic metal raw material is thermally decomposed and taken into the crystal, so that crystal growth occurs, and the photoelectric conversion unit 50 can be formed.
- the molar ratio of the raw material transported per unit time is determined by controlling the flow rate of hydrogen flowing to each raw material in the MOCVD apparatus. Since this molar amount ratio correlates with the composition ratio of crystals to be formed, the composition of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 that is epitaxially grown is controlled by controlling the molar amount ratio of the raw material transported per unit time of the raw material. The ratio can be controlled.
- the organic metal source of copper for example, copper acetylacetonate (Cu (C 5 H 7 O 2) 2) can be used.
- cyclopentadienyl copper triethyl phosphorus (h5- (C 2 H 5 ) Cu: P (C 2 H 5 ) 3 ) may be used.
- an organometallic raw material of gallium (Ga) for example, trimethylgallium (Ga (CH 3 ) 3 ) can be used.
- an organometallic raw material of aluminum (Al) for example, trimethylaluminum (Al (CH 3 ) 3 ) can be used.
- trimethylindium (In (CH 3 ) 3 ) can be used as the organometallic raw material for indium (In).
- dimethyl selenium (Se (CH 3 ) 2 ) can be used as the organometallic raw material of selenium (Se).
- dimethyl sulfide (S (CH 3 ) 2 ) can be used as the organometallic raw material for sulfur (S).
- dimethyl zinc (Zn (CH 3 ) 2 ) can be used as the organometallic raw material for zinc (Zn).
- the organic metal raw material is not necessarily defined as these raw materials, and any organic metal can be used as a raw material for MOCVD growth.
- any organic metal can be used as a raw material for MOCVD growth.
- the source material for MOCVD growth is not necessarily an organic metal but may be a gas system.
- hydrogen selenide (H 2 Se) may be used as the Se raw material
- hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) may be used as the S raw material.
- each single material for constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is put in each Knudsen cell in a high vacuum in the MBE apparatus, and an appropriate temperature is set. Heat to. Thereby, a desired crystal growth layer can be formed by generating a molecular beam and irradiating it on the substrate 12.
- Gallium (Ga), aluminum (Al), indium (In), selenium (Se), and sulfur (S) can be used as a simple material to be put in the Knudsen cell.
- a raw material having a particularly high vapor pressure such as sulfur (S)
- the stability of the molecular dose may be poor.
- the molecular dose may be stabilized using a valve cracking cell.
- some raw materials may be used as a gas source, such as the gas source MBE.
- hydrogen selenide (H 2 Se) can be used as the Se raw material
- hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) can be used as the sulfur (S) raw material.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed by using the MOCVD method or the MBE method, for example, by gradually lowering the concentration of Zn that is an n-type dopant together with the crystal growth, the photoelectric conversion with the band inclined in the crystal growth direction is performed.
- the conversion part 50 can be formed. By tilting the band in the photoelectric conversion unit 50 in this way, the signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 can be easily moved to the substrate 12 side.
- Such a photoelectric conversion part 50 is formed on the substrate 12 so as to be lattice-matched.
- misfit dislocations generated at the heterointerface can be reduced, and thus the crystallinity of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is improved. Therefore, since crystal defects are reduced, generation of dark current can be suppressed, and deterioration of image quality due to white spots can be prevented.
- high sensitivity can be realized, high-quality shooting can be performed even in a dark imaging environment (for example, at night).
- the lattice irregularity can be expressed by
- ( ⁇ a: the difference between the lattice constant of the photoelectric conversion unit and the substrate constant, a: the lattice constant of the substrate), and in the case of lattice matching, ⁇ a / a 0.
- the definition of “lattice matching” includes a state close to lattice matching under the condition that the thickness of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 formed by crystal growth is within the critical film thickness. In other words, within the critical film thickness, it is possible to achieve a good crystallinity state in which misfit dislocations do not enter even if lattice matching is not complete.
- critical film thickness is “Matthew and Blakeslee formula” (JW Matthews and AEBlakeslee, J.Cryst.Growth 27 (1974) 118-125.) Or “People and Bean formula” (R. People and JC Bean, Appl. Phys. Lett. 47 (1985) 322-324.)
- each semiconductor layer is activated by annealing at, for example, 400 ° C. or higher.
- each pixel transistor is formed on the front side of the substrate 12, and the barrier layer 68, the transparent electrode 57, the color filter layer 23, and the on-chip lens 24 are formed on the back side of the substrate 12.
- the solid-state imaging device 74 of the present embodiment is completed.
- an anti-phase domain When the above compound semiconductor is epitaxially grown as an ionic element material on a non-polar non-ionic silicon substrate, a defect called an anti-phase domain may occur. That is, a cation and an anion are locally grown in an opposite phase, and an anti-phase domain is generated.
- an off-substrate may be used as the silicon substrate.
- generation of antiphase domains can be suppressed.
- an off-substrate in which the surface direction of the ⁇ 100 ⁇ substrate made of silicon is turned off in the ⁇ 011> direction the region where the anti-phase domain is generated self-extinguishes with crystal growth, so that crystallinity can be improved.
- a substrate having an inclination angle of 1 to 10 degrees can be used.
- each pixel has an equivalent circuit similar to that in FIG. 3, and each pixel transistor is operated at the same timing as in FIG.
- incident light is photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit 50, and signal charges (electrons) generated there move to the first charge accumulation unit 52, and the first charge accumulation unit 52 performs main conversion. Accumulated in. Further, the holes generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 move to the transparent electrode 57.
- the signal charges accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 52 and the photoelectric conversion unit 50 are transferred to the second charge accumulation unit 25 at the same time for all pixels when the first transfer transistor Tr1 is turned on.
- the signal charges accumulated in the second charge accumulation unit 25 are read to the floating diffusion unit 34 at the timing for each row, and the corresponding pixel signal is discharged to the vertical signal line 9.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed by being laminated on the substrate 12, it is not necessary to provide the photoelectric conversion unit 50 on the substrate 12, and the pixel area can be reduced. Further, the first charge storage portion 52 formed on the back surface side of the substrate 12 and each pixel transistor formed on the front surface side of the substrate 12 are formed by being stacked in the depth direction of the substrate 12. For this reason, further downsizing of the pixel is achieved. In the present embodiment, since the photoelectric conversion unit 50 formed over the entire surface of the pixel region 3 is also configured to serve as a light shielding film, incident light does not reach the substrate 12 and noise is generated. It is suppressed. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is easily moved from the photoelectric conversion unit 50 side to the substrate 12 side.
- An intermediate layer that reduces the barrier may be provided. Below, the example which forms an intermediate
- FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of a solid-state imaging device 76 according to the first modification of the present embodiment.
- parts corresponding to those in FIG. 22 are corresponding to those in FIG.
- an intermediate layer 60 is formed between the substrate 12 and the photoelectric conversion unit 50 as shown in FIG.
- the intermediate layer 60 can be formed of a material whose electron affinity is between the electron affinity of the substrate 12 and the electron affinity of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the intermediate layer 60 is formed so that the electron affinity of the silicon substrate 12 is exactly intermediate between the electron affinity of the silicon substrate 12 and the electron affinity of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the intermediate layer 60 can be made of CuGa 0.64 In 0.36 S 2 , and the film thickness can be 5 nm.
- the intermediate layer 60 may be within the critical film thickness.
- the film thickness is 5 nm, it becomes smaller than the critical film thickness defined by the above-mentioned “Matthew and Blakeslee equation” or “People and Bean equation”.
- the intermediate layer 60 can be comprised with an n-type semiconductor.
- the intermediate layer 60 is preferably formed of a II-VI group semiconductor (see References 1 to 3).
- Reference 1 Takeshi Yagioka and Tokio Nakada, Applied Physics Express 2 (2009) 072201 Reference 2: SPGrindle, AHClark, S. Rezaie-Serej, E. Falconer, and J. McNeily, and LLKazmerski, J. AppL Phys. 51 (10). (1980) 5464 Reference 3: T. Makada, N. Okano, Y. Tanaka, H. Fukuda, and A. Kunioka, First WCOEC; Dec. 5-9, 1994; Hawaii
- a ZnS layer, a CdS layer, or a ZnO layer may be sandwiched as an intermediate layer 60 at the interface between the p-type chalcopyrite layer constituting the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and the substrate 12 made of silicon.
- middle layer 60 can be comprised with a p-type semiconductor layer.
- FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of a solid-state imaging device 77 according to Modification 1. In FIG. 23, parts corresponding to those in FIG.
- an intermediate layer 60 is formed between the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and the transparent electrode 57. Further, in the second modification, the conductivity type of each semiconductor layer in the substrate 12 is configured opposite to that in the first modification, and holes are used as signal charges. Also in Modification 2, a ZnS layer, a CdS layer, or a ZnO layer can be used as the intermediate layer 60.
- a pn junction can be formed at the interface between the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and the intermediate layer. As described above, there is no problem even if the pn junction is provided other than the interface between the substrate 12 and the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 75 of the present embodiment.
- the solid-state imaging device 75 of this embodiment is an example in which a high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer 58 is formed on the transparent electrode 57 side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 in the solid-state imaging device 74 according to the sixth embodiment.
- a high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer 58 is formed on the light incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 are formed of a chalcopyrite material or a silicide material.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 58 has a high impurity concentration so that holes generated in the photoelectric conversion unit 50 enter the p-type semiconductor layer 58 and flow in the lateral direction (the direction along the film surface of the photoelectric conversion unit 50). Have.
- the p-type semiconductor layer 58 formed on the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed so as to be connected between the pixels via the p-type semiconductor layer constituting the photoelectric conversion unit-side pixel separation unit 51. . For this reason, signal charges (electrons) generated in the photoelectric conversion unit 50 flow to the substrate 12 side, and holes move from the photoelectric conversion unit to the p-type semiconductor layer 58 and move in the lateral direction on the photoelectric conversion unit 50. be able to.
- the transparent electrode 57 is provided on the photoelectric conversion unit 50, but the transparent electrode 57 is not necessarily provided on the photoelectric conversion unit 50. Note that, by forming the p-type semiconductor layer 58 and forming the transparent electrode 57 as in the present embodiment, control of the movement of electrons and holes is facilitated.
- a desired semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate 12 in the same manner as the method shown in FIGS. 20A to 20C.
- the insulating film 59 is selectively formed only in the portion where the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 is formed in the upper part on the back surface side of the substrate 12 where the first charge accumulation unit 52 is formed. Form. That is, the insulating film 59 is formed so as to partition between adjacent pixels.
- the insulating film 59 can be composed of, for example, a silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film. In this embodiment, since the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 is formed at the same position as the pixel separation unit 20 formed on the substrate 12 side, an insulating film is formed on the pixel separation unit 20 formed on the substrate 12 side. 59 is formed.
- This insulating film 59 can be formed by forming a silicon oxide film, for example, on the entire back surface of the substrate 12 and then patterning it using a photolithography technique.
- the film thickness is, for example, 50 to 100 nm. ing.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed by epitaxially growing the above compound semiconductor on the back side of the substrate 12 using MOCVD, MBE, or the like.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 since the insulating film 59 that partitions the pixels is formed on the back surface side of the substrate 12, the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed on the exposed portion of the substrate 12 where the insulating film 59 is not formed on the back surface side of the substrate 12. Selectively grows crystals.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is formed so that the film thickness is larger than the film thickness of the insulating film 59.
- the photoelectric conversion part 50 is formed so as to correspond to each pixel, and a trench is provided between the adjacent photoelectric conversion parts 50.
- a compound semiconductor having a chalcopyrite structure is laterally grown on the back side of the substrate 12 to form a photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 and a p-type semiconductor layer 58 as shown in FIG.
- a chalcopyrite-structured compound semiconductor is laterally grown under the condition that many p-type impurities such as Ga, In, As, and P are contained.
- the p-type compound semiconductor is buried in the trench between the adjacent photoelectric conversion units 50, and the high-concentration p-type semiconductor layer 58 is formed above the photoelectric conversion unit 50.
- the illustration of the insulating film 59 used during the selective growth of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 is omitted.
- lateral growth or selective growth can be controlled by pressure control during crystal growth.
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 are formed to have an impurity concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 17 to 1 ⁇ 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 that separates the photoelectric conversion unit 50 for each pixel and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 on the light incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 are formed.
- the solid-state imaging device 75 of the present embodiment is completed through the same steps as those of the first embodiment.
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 are formed by lateral growth, damage and annealing during ion implantation are compared with the case where the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 are formed by processes such as ion implantation and annealing. There is no adverse effect on the wiring layer at the time. Thereby, the damage in a manufacturing process can be reduced.
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 is configured as a p-type semiconductor layer, but may be formed of a semiconductor that does not include p-type impurities. In that case, the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 can be formed of a chalcopyrite compound semiconductor having a wide band gap.
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 laterally converts a chalcopyrite compound semiconductor in a process of FIG. 25C under the condition that no p-type impurity is contained.
- the composition ratio of copper-aluminum-gallium-indium-sulfur-selenium is 1.0: 0.36: 0.64: 0: 1.28: 0.72 or 1.0:
- the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 is formed so as to be 0.24: 0.23: 0.53: 2.0: 0.
- a p-type semiconductor layer 58 is formed by crystal growth of a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor under the condition that many impurities such as Ga, In, As, and P are contained. As described above, even when the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 is configured not to include p-type impurities, it is possible to separate pixels.
- the solid-state imaging device 75 In the manufacturing method of the solid-state imaging device 75 described above, an example in which the photoelectric conversion unit side pixel separation unit 51 and the p-type semiconductor layer 58 are formed by using lateral growth has been described. However, the solid-state imaging device 75 according to the present embodiment is manufactured. The method of doing is not limited to this.
- the p-type semiconductor layer is formed by ion-implanting p-type impurities into the light incident surface side of the photoelectric conversion unit 50 after forming the photoelectric conversion unit-side pixel separation unit 51 as shown in E of FIG. 58 may be formed.
- FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 78 of the present embodiment.
- the solid-state imaging device 78 of this embodiment is an example in which the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit in the solid-state imaging device 74 according to the sixth embodiment is moved to the substrate via the electrode.
- an electrode layer 62 is formed on the back side of the substrate 12, and the photoelectric conversion unit 61, the transparent electrode 57, the color filter layer 23, and the on-chip lens 24 are stacked on the electrode layer 62.
- the electrode layer 62 is composed of two layers of electrodes 63 stacked in the light incident direction via an insulating layer 66, and the two layers of electrodes 63 are electrically connected by a contact portion 64. These electrodes 63 are formed separately for each pixel.
- the upper electrode 63 is in contact with the photoelectric conversion unit 61 and the lower electrode 63 is in contact with the back surface of the substrate 12. Examples of the material constituting the electrode 63 include Al, Cu, and W.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 is formed of an organic material having a light shielding property.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 may be formed of an organic material that absorbs light of all wavelengths of visible light and may be formed in common for all pixels, or may be formed of an organic material that absorbs light at a different wavelength for each pixel. . Further, as described above, since the mobility of electrons is low inside the organic material, the electrons generated in the photoelectric conversion unit 61 made of the organic material have a low lateral mobility. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a separation portion between the pixels.
- the signal charges (electrons) generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 61 move to the first charge accumulation unit 52 via the electrode 63, and the holes generated by the photoelectric conversion unit 61 are It moves directly to the transparent electrode 57 side.
- the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit 52 is read out in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 is configured to also serve as a light shielding film, but is not limited thereto.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 and the electrode 63 may be combined to block light incident on the first charge storage unit 52.
- the solid-state imaging device 78 of the present embodiment the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 is formed of an organic material, but a photoelectric conversion unit made of an inorganic material such as chalcopyrite or a silicide compound can also be formed.
- a photoelectric conversion portion made of an inorganic material is bonded onto the electrode 63.
- thermal annealing or the like may be necessary thereafter.
- a method of forming a photoelectric conversion portion made of an inorganic material on the electrode 63 by using vapor deposition or the like may be employed.
- FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 79 of the present embodiment.
- the solid-state imaging device 79 of this embodiment is an example in which the configuration of the solid-state imaging device 78 according to the eighth embodiment is applied to a surface irradiation type.
- the surface side of the substrate 12 on which each pixel transistor is formed is a light incident surface.
- the electrode layer 62, the photoelectric conversion unit 61, the transparent electrode 57, the color filter layer 23, and On-chip lenses 24 are sequentially stacked.
- a transfer path 67 made of an n-type semiconductor layer is formed in the depth direction from the front surface side of the substrate 12, and the transfer path 67 is formed on the back surface side of the substrate 12.
- the charge storage unit 18 is connected.
- the first charge accumulation unit 18 and each pixel transistor are stacked in the depth direction of the substrate 12.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the “photoelectric conversion unit 17” of the solid-state imaging device 71 according to the second embodiment forms the “transfer path 67”.
- the semiconductor layer 14 is formed.
- the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer constituting the first charge storage unit 18 is higher than the impurity concentration of the n-type semiconductor layer 14 constituting the transfer path 67. As a result, a potential gradient is formed such that electrons move from the transfer path 67 to the first charge accumulation unit 18 side.
- the lower electrode 63 of the electrode layer 62 is formed in contact with the upper part of the transfer path 67, and the upper electrode 63 is formed in contact with the photoelectric conversion unit 61.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 61 is formed of an organic material that absorbs light having a different wavelength for each pixel.
- a photoelectric conversion unit (R) 61 that absorbs light of the red wavelength is formed below the color filter layer (R) 23 that transmits the red wavelength.
- a photoelectric conversion unit (G) 61 that absorbs green wavelength light is formed below the color filter layer (G) 23 that transmits green wavelength light.
- a photoelectric conversion unit (B) 61 that absorbs blue wavelength light is formed below the color filter layer (B) 23 that transmits blue wavelength light.
- FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a main part of the solid-state imaging device 80 of the present embodiment.
- the solid-state imaging device 80 of this embodiment is an example in which the configuration of the photoelectric conversion unit is different from the solid-state imaging device 79 according to the ninth embodiment. 28, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 27 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 65 has a red photoelectric conversion film 65R that absorbs light having a red wavelength, a green photoelectric conversion film 65G that transmits light having a green wavelength, and blue that absorbs light having a blue wavelength.
- the photoelectric conversion film 65B has a configuration in which three layers are stacked in the light incident direction.
- the color filter layer 23 is provided above the photoelectric conversion unit 65 via the transparent electrode 57.
- the red photoelectric conversion film 65R, the green photoelectric conversion film 65G, and the blue photoelectric conversion film 65B receive the light transmitted through the color filter layer 23.
- red light that has passed through the red filter layer is received by the red photoelectric conversion film 65R and subjected to photoelectric conversion.
- the green photoelectric conversion film 65G receives the green light transmitted through the green filter layer and photoelectrically converts it.
- the blue photoelectric conversion film 65B receives the blue light transmitted through the blue filter layer and photoelectrically converts it.
- each of the red photoelectric conversion film 65R, the green photoelectric conversion film 65G, and the blue photoelectric conversion film 65B is formed of, for example, an organic material, as in the ninth embodiment.
- inorganic materials such as chalcopyrite materials may be used.
- substrate 12 is light-shielded by the combination of these laminated
- the pixel since incident light incident on the substrate 12 is shielded by the plurality of photoelectric conversion films 65B, 65G, and 65R, the pixel can be reduced in size as in the other embodiments, and noise can be reduced. Generation
- production can be prevented and the image quality of a captured image can be improved. Further, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to create the photoelectric conversion unit 65 for each pixel, so that the manufacturing process can be reduced. In addition, in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the solid-state imaging devices according to the first to tenth embodiments have been described above, they may be configured by appropriately combining them.
- the configuration in which electrons are read as signal charges has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to this. You may comprise so that a "hole” may be read as a signal charge.
- “holes” can be read out as signal charges by reversing the conductivity type of each part shown in each embodiment and configuring each pixel transistor with a p-channel MOS transistor.
- a second conductivity type (for example, p-type) well is formed in a first conductivity type (for example, n-type) silicon substrate, and the first conductivity type (for example, n-type) is formed in the well.
- Type) impurity regions are formed, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.
- a first conductivity type (eg, n-type) impurity region may be formed on a second conductivity type (eg, p-type) silicon substrate.
- the present disclosure is not limited to application to a solid-state imaging device that detects the distribution of the amount of incident light of visible light and captures an image as an image.
- the present invention can also be applied to an imaging device.
- the present disclosure can be applied to all solid-state imaging devices (physical quantity distribution detection devices) such as fingerprint detection sensors that detect other physical quantity distributions such as pressure and capacitance and take images as images. It is.
- the present disclosure is not limited to a solid-state imaging device that sequentially scans each unit pixel of the pixel unit in units of rows and reads a pixel signal from each unit pixel.
- the present invention is also applicable to an XY address type solid-state imaging device that selects an arbitrary pixel in pixel units and reads signals from the selected pixels in pixel units.
- the solid-state imaging device may be formed as a single chip, or may be in a modular form having an imaging function in which a pixel portion and a signal processing portion or an optical system are packaged together. Good.
- the present disclosure is not limited to application to a solid-state imaging device, and can also be applied to an imaging device.
- the imaging device refers to a camera system such as a digital still camera or a digital video camera, or an electronic device having an imaging function such as a mobile phone.
- FIG. 29 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic device 200 according to the eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure.
- an embodiment in the case where the solid-state imaging device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure described above is used in an electronic apparatus (digital video camera) will be described.
- the electronic apparatus 200 includes the solid-state imaging device 1, an optical lens 210, a shutter device 211, a drive circuit 212, and a signal processing circuit 213.
- the optical lens 210 forms image light (incident light) from the subject on the imaging surface of the solid-state imaging device 1. As a result, signal charges are accumulated in the solid-state imaging device 1 for a certain period.
- the shutter device 211 controls a light irradiation period and a light shielding period for the solid-state imaging device 1.
- the drive circuit 212 supplies a drive signal for controlling the signal charge transfer operation and the shutter operation of the shutter device 211 in the solid-state imaging device 1. Signal transfer of the solid-state imaging device 1 is performed by a drive signal (timing signal) supplied from the drive circuit 212.
- the signal processing circuit 213 performs various signal processing.
- the video signal subjected to the signal processing is stored in a storage medium such as a memory or output to a monitor.
- the pixel area is reduced in the solid-state imaging device 1, and thus the electronic device 200 can be reduced in size.
- the image quality is improved.
- the electronic device 200 to which the solid-state imaging device 1 can be applied is not limited to a digital video camera, and can be applied to an imaging device such as a digital still camera and a camera module for mobile devices such as a mobile phone.
- the solid-state imaging device 1 of the first embodiment is configured to be used in an electronic device, but the solid-state imaging device manufactured in the above-described second to tenth embodiments can also be used.
- this indication can also take the following structures.
- a substrate A photoelectric conversion unit that generates a signal charge according to the amount of light; A floating diffusion part formed on the substrate for converting the signal charge into a voltage; A first charge storage unit that is formed on the substrate and stores signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; A second charge storage unit formed on the first charge storage unit in a thickness direction of the substrate and electrically separated from the first charge storage unit; A vertical first transfer transistor comprising a first transfer gate electrode embedded in the substrate from the surface of the substrate on the side on which the second charge storage portion is formed to a depth reaching the first charge storage portion; A solid-state imaging device comprising: a second transfer transistor that transfers the signal charge stored in the second charge storage unit to the floating diffusion unit.
- the pixel separation unit is formed of a compound semiconductor in which impurity concentration control or composition control is performed so as to form a potential barrier between adjacent photoelectric conversion units.
- the reset transistor is a vertical reset transistor including a reset gate electrode formed to be embedded in the substrate from the surface of the substrate to a depth reaching the first charge storage portion.
- (1) to (6) The solid-state imaging device according to any one of the above.
- the solid-state imaging device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the photoelectric conversion unit is made of an organic material.
- the photoelectric conversion unit and the substrate are connected via an electrode, and the substrate is shielded from light by the photoelectric conversion unit and the electrode.
- the solid-state imaging device wherein the intermediate layer is configured such that an electron affinity is between the electron affinity of the substrate and the electron affinity of the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the intermediate layer is made of a material having a conductivity type opposite to that of the photoelectric conversion unit.
- the photoelectric conversion unit includes a photodiode having a pn junction formed in the substrate.
- the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit moves to the first charge accumulation unit side due to a potential gradient generated due to an impurity concentration of the photoelectric conversion unit and the first charge accumulation unit.
- a plurality of pixels including the photoelectric conversion unit, the floating diffusion unit, the first charge storage unit, the second charge storage unit, the first transfer transistor, and the second transfer transistor; Arranged in a dimensional array, The signal charges accumulated in the first charge accumulation unit are transferred to the second charge accumulation unit at the same time for all pixels, The solid-state imaging device according to any one of (1) to (18), wherein the signal charge held in the second charge storage unit is transferred to the floating diffusion unit for each row.
- a photoelectric conversion unit that generates a signal charge according to the amount of light, a floating diffusion unit that is formed on the substrate and converts the signal charge into a voltage, and a signal charge that is formed on the substrate and generated by the photoelectric conversion unit are accumulated.
- a first charge storage portion that is formed on the first charge storage portion in the thickness direction of the substrate and is electrically separated from the first charge storage portion;
- a vertical first transfer transistor comprising a first transfer gate electrode embedded in the substrate from the surface of the substrate on the side on which the second charge storage portion is formed to a depth reaching the first charge storage portion;
- the imaging device By turning on the first transfer transistor, the signal charges stored in the first charge storage unit and the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred to the second charge storage unit at the same time for all pixels,
- a method for driving a solid-state imaging device wherein the signal charges held in the second charge accumulation unit are read out row by row by turning on the second transfer transistor.
- An optical lens A solid-state imaging device in which light condensed on the optical lens is incident, the substrate, a photoelectric conversion unit that generates a signal charge according to the amount of light, and the signal charge that is formed on the substrate and converts the signal charge into a voltage
- a floating diffusion portion that is formed on the substrate, a first charge accumulation portion that accumulates signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion portion, and an upper portion of the first charge accumulation portion in the thickness direction of the substrate,
- a second charge storage portion formed electrically separated from the first charge storage portion; and the substrate from a surface of the substrate on the side where the second charge storage portion is formed to a depth reaching the first charge storage portion.
- a vertical first transfer transistor having a first transfer gate electrode embedded in the second transfer transistor, and a second transfer for transferring the signal charge accumulated in the second charge accumulation portion to the floating diffusion portion
- a solid-state imaging device and a transistor An electronic device comprising: a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device.
- SYMBOLS 1 Solid-state imaging device, 2 ... Pixel, 3 ... Pixel area, 4 ... Vertical drive circuit, 5 ... Column signal processing circuit, 6 ... Horizontal drive circuit, 7 ... Output circuit 8 ... Control circuit 9 ... Vertical signal line 10 ... Horizontal signal line 11,12 ... Substrate 13 ... Well region 14 ... N-type semiconductor layer 15 ... p-type semiconductor layer, 16 ... p-type semiconductor layer, 17 ... photoelectric conversion unit, 18 ... first charge storage unit, 19 ... p-type semiconductor layer, 20 ... pixel Separation part, 21 ... insulating film, 22 ... light shielding film, 23 ... color filter layer, 24 ... on-chip lens, 25 ...
- second charge storage part 26 ... p-type semiconductor Layer, 27... First transfer gate electrode, 28... Gate insulating film, 29, 35... Source / drain region, 30. Ttogeto electrode, 31 ... n-type semiconductor layer, 32 ... second transfer gate electrode, 33 ... first reset gate electrode, 34 ... floating diffusion portion
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1.第1の実施形態:裏面照射型の固体撮像装置
1-1 固体撮像装置の構成
1-2 要部の構成
1-3 製造方法
1-4 駆動方法
1-5 変形例
2.第2の実施形態:各画素で1個ずつの縦型トランジスタを構成する例
3.第3の実施形態:表面照射型の固体撮像装置
4.第4の実施形態:転送電極で信号電荷をドリフト移動させる例
5.第5の実施形態:信号読み出しトランジスタで信号電荷を読み出す例
6.第6の実施形態:基板上に光電変換部を積層する例
6-1 要部の構成
6-2 製造方法
6-3 駆動方法
6-4 変形例1
6-5 変形例2
7.第7の実施形態:光電変換部の上層にp型半導体層を設ける例
7-1 要部の構成
7-2 製造方法
8.第8の実施形態:基板上に電極層を介して光電変換部を積層する例
9.第9の実施形態:表面照射型の固体撮像装置において基板上に電極層を介して光電変換部を積層する例
10.第10の実施形態:基板上に光電変換膜を3層積層する例
11.第11の実施形態:電子機器
[1-1 固体撮像装置の構成]
まず、本開示の第1の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。図1は、本開示の第1の実施形態に係るCMOS型の固体撮像装置の全体を示す概略構成図である。
次に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の各画素2の構成について説明する。本実施形態は、半導体基板の裏面側を光入射面とした裏面照射型の固体撮像装置を例としたものである。図2に、本実施形態に係る固体撮像装置1の画素領域3における概略断面構成を示し、図3に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の各画素2の等価回路図を示す。なお、図2では、各画素2を構成する画素トランジスタの一部を回路図で示している。
この駆動方法の詳細については後述する。
次に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の製造方法について説明する。図4のA~図5のFは、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の製造方法を示す工程図である。
その後、およそ1000℃でアニール処理することで各不純物領域を活性化させる。
次に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の駆動方法について説明する。図6は、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の駆動方法を示すタイミングチャートである。ここでは、n行目の画素の読み出しのタイミングを例に説明する。
上述の固体撮像装置1の製造方法では、エピタキシャル成長を用いて第1電荷蓄積部18を形成する例を示したが、本実施形態に係る固体撮像装置1を形成する方法は、これに限られるものではない。変形例として、本実施形態の固体撮像装置1の製造方法の他の例について説明する。図7のA~図7のCは、変形例に係る固体撮像装置1の製造方法を示す工程図である。
次に、本開示の第2の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。図8は、本実施形態に係る固体撮像装置70の要部の断面構成図である。図8において、図2に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
次に、本開示の第3の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図11は本実施形態の固体撮像装置71の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態は、表面照射型の固体撮像装置を例としたものであり、第1の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置1と、光入射面が反対側に構成される例である。図11において、図2に対応する部分には同一符号を付し重複説明を省略する。なお、図11では、各画素を構成する画素トランジスタの一部の図示を省略している。
その他、本実施形態では、第1の実施形態と同様の効果を得ることができる。
次に、本開示の第4の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図12は本実施形態の固体撮像装置72の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態は、第1電荷蓄積部18に電圧を印加することで、光電変換部17に蓄積された信号電荷を第1電荷蓄積部18側に移動させる例である。図12において、図2に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
その他、本実施形態では、第1の実施形態と同様の効果を得ることができる。
次に、本開示の第5の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図13は、本実施形態の固体撮像装置73の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態では、光電変換部17と第1電荷蓄積部18との間に信号読み出しトランジスタを設ける例である。図13において、図2に対応する部分には同一符号を付し重複説明を省略する。
その他、本実施形態では、第1の実施形態と同様の効果を得ることができる。
次に、本開示の第6の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図14は本実施形態の固体撮像装置74の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態の固体撮像装置74は、光電変換部の構成が第1の実施形態と異なる例である。図14において、図2に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。なお、図14では、各画素を構成する画素トランジスタの一部を回路図で示している。
図14に示すように、本実施形態の固体撮像装置74は、第1電荷蓄積部52、第2電荷蓄積部25、フローティングディフュージョン部34、及び複数の画素トランジスタが形成された基板12を備える。また、固体撮像装置74は、基板12の光入射面側に積層して形成された光電変換部50、バリア層68、透明電極57、カラーフィルタ層23及びオンチップレンズ24を備える。
次に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置74の製造方法を説明する。ここでは、光電変換部50を、CuAlGaInSSe系混晶からなるカルコパイライト系の材料を用いて光電変換部50を形成して固体撮像装置74を形成する例を説明する。また、本実施形態では、主面が(100)面であるシリコン基板を用い、その主面に上記の化合物半導体をエピタキシャル成長させて、光電変換部50を形成する場合について示す。図20のA~図21のEは、本実施形態の固体撮像装置74の製造方法を示す工程図である。
本実施形態の固体撮像装置74においても各画素では、図3と同様の等価回路が構成されており、各画素トランジスタは、図6と同様のタイミングで動作される。本実施形態の固体撮像装置74では、入射した光は光電変換部50において光電変換され、そこで発生した信号電荷(電子)は第1電荷蓄積部52に移動し、第1電荷蓄積部52で主に蓄積される。また、光電変換部50で生成された正孔は透明電極57に移動する。
その他、本実施形態では、第1の実施形態と同様の効果を得ることができる。
図22は、本実施形態の変形例1に係る固体撮像装置76の要部の断面構成図である。図22において、図14に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
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図23は、変形例1に係る固体撮像装置77の要部の断面構成図である。図23において、図14に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
次に、本開示の第7の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図24は本実施形態の固体撮像装置75の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態の固体撮像装置75は、第6の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置74において、光電変換部50の透明電極57側に高濃度のp型半導体層58を形成する例である。図24において、図14に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。なお、図24では、各画素を構成する画素トランジスタの一部を回路図で示している。
本実施形態の固体撮像装置75では、図24に示すように、光電変換部50の光入射側に高濃度のp型半導体層58が形成されている。本実施形態では、光電変換部50及びp型半導体層58は、カルコパイライト系材料又はシリサイド系材料で形成されている。ここで、p型半導体層58は、光電変換部50で生じた正孔がp型半導体層58に入って横方向(光電変換部50の膜面に沿う方向)に流れるように高い不純物濃度を有する。
次に、本実施形態の固体撮像装置75の製造方法を説明する。ここでは、CuAlGaInSSe系混晶からなるカルコパイライト系の材料を用いて光電変換部50を形成して固体撮像装置75を作製する例を説明する。図25のA~図25のCは、本実施形態の固体撮像装置75の製造方法を示す工程図である。
その後、第1の実施形態と同様の工程により、本実施形態の固体撮像装置75が完成する。
次に、本開示の第8の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図26は本実施形態の固体撮像装置78の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態の固体撮像装置78は、第6の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置74において、光電変換部で生成した信号電荷を、電極を介して基板に移動させる例である。図26において、図14に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。なお、図26では、各画素を構成する画素トランジスタの一部を回路図で示している。
次に、本開示の第9の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し重複説明を省略する。図27は本実施形態の固体撮像装置79の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態の固体撮像装置79は、第8の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置78における構成を表面照射型に適用した例である。図27において、図26に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
次に、本開示の第10の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置について説明する。本実施形態の固体撮像装置の全体構成は、図1と同様であるから、図示を省略し、重複説明を省略する。図28は本実施形態の固体撮像装置80の要部の断面構成図である。本実施形態の固体撮像装置80は、第9の実施形態に係る固体撮像装置79と、光電変換部の構成が異なる例である。図28において、図27に対応する部分には同一符号を付し、重複説明を省略する。
次に、本開示の第11の実施形態に係る電子機器について説明する。図29は、本開示の第11の実施形態に係る電子機器200の概略構成図である。本実施形態では、上述した本開示の第1の実施形態における固体撮像装置1を電子機器(デジタルビデオカメラ)に用いた場合の実施形態を示す。
(1)
基板と、
光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、
前記基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、
前記基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、
前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、
前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、
前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタと
を備える固体撮像装置。
(2)
前記基板の光入射側には、少なくとも前記第2電荷蓄積部及び前記フローティングディフュージョン部を遮光する遮光膜が形成されている
(1)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(3)
前記光電変換部は、前記基板の光入射側に積層して形成されている
(1)又は(2)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(4)
前記光電変換部は遮光膜を兼ねる
(1)~(3)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(5)
前記光電変換部は、カルコパイライト系化合物で構成されている
(1)~(4)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(6)
前記光電変換部を画素毎に分離する画素分離部を備え、
前記画素分離部は、隣接する光電変換部間でポテンシャル障壁を形成するように不純物の濃度制御又は組成制御がなされた化合物半導体によって形成されている
(1)~(5)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(7)
前記光電変換部及び第1電荷蓄積部をリセットするリセットトランジスタを備え、
前記リセットトランジスタは、前記基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成されたリセットゲート電極を備える縦型のリセットトランジスタで構成されている
(1)~(6)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(8)
前記光電変換部は、シリサイド系化合物で構成されている
(1)~(4)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(9)
前記光電変換部は、有機材料で構成されている
(1)~(4)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(10)
前記光電変換部と前記基板とは電極を介して接続されており、前記光電変換部と前記電極とにより、前記基板が遮光されている
(1)~(9)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(11)
前記光電変換部は、前記基板に格子整合するように形成されている
(1)~(8)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(12)
前記光電変換部の光入射側又は前記基板側には、中間層が形成されている
(1)~(5)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置
(13)
前記中間層は、電子親和力が前記基板の電子親和力と前記光電変換部の電子親和力の間になるように構成されている
(12)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(14)
前記中間層は、前記光電変換部と反対導電型の材料で構成されている
(12)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(15)
前記光電変換部は、前記基板内に形成されたpn接合からなるフォトダイオードで構成されている
(1)~(3)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(16)
前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷は、前記光電変換部と前記第1電荷蓄積部の不純物濃度に起因して生じるポテンシャル勾配により、前記第1電荷蓄積部側に移動する
(15)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(17)
前記第1電荷蓄積部が形成された領域の前記基板上部に形成された転送電極を備え、
前記転送電極が電圧を印加することで、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷が前記第1電荷蓄積部側に移動する
(15)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(18)
前記光電変換部及び第1電荷蓄積部をリセットするリセットトランジスタを備え、
前記リセットトランジスタは、前記基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成されたリセットゲート電極を備える縦型のリセットトランジスタで構成されている
(15)~(17)のいずれかに記載の固体撮像装置。
(19)
前記光電変換部と前記フローティングディフュージョン部と前記第1電荷蓄積部と前記第2電荷蓄積部と前記第1転送トランジスタと前記第2転送トランジスタとを含む画素を複数有し、該複数の画素が2次元アレイ状に配列され、
前記第1電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷は、全画素同時に前記第2電荷蓄積部に転送され、
前記第2電荷蓄積部に保持された信号電荷は、行毎に前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送される
(1)~(18)に記載の固体撮像装置。
(20)
光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、前記基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタとを含む画素が2次元アレイ状に配列された画素領域を備える固体撮像装置において、
前記第1転送トランジスタをオンすることにより前記第1電荷蓄積部及び光電変換部に蓄積された信号電荷を、全画素同時に前記第2電荷蓄積部に転送し、
前記第2転送トランジスタをオンすることにより、前記第2電荷蓄積部に保持された信号電荷を行毎に読み出す
固体撮像装置の駆動方法。
(21)
光学レンズと、
前記光学レンズに集光された光が入射される固体撮像装置であって、基板と、光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、前記基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタとを備える固体撮像装置と、
前記固体撮像装置から出力される出力信号を処理する信号処理回路と
を含む電子機器。
Claims (20)
- 基板と、
光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、
前記基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、
前記基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、
前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、
前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、
前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタと
を備える固体撮像装置。 - 前記基板の光入射側には、少なくとも前記第2電荷蓄積部及び前記フローティングディフュージョン部を遮光する遮光膜が形成されている
請求項1に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、前記基板の光入射側に積層して形成されている
請求項2に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、遮光膜を兼ねる
請求項3に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、カルコパイライト系化合物で構成されている
請求項4に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部を画素毎に分離する画素分離部を備え、
前記画素分離部は、隣接する光電変換部間でポテンシャル障壁を形成するように不純物の濃度制御又は組成制御がなされた化合物半導体によって形成されている
請求項5に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部及び第1電荷蓄積部をリセットするリセットトランジスタを備え、
前記リセットトランジスタは、前記基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成されたリセットゲート電極を備える縦型のリセットトランジスタで構成されている
請求項6に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部と前記フローティングディフュージョン部と前記第1電荷蓄積部と前記第2電荷蓄積部と前記第1転送トランジスタと前記第2転送トランジスタとを含む画素を複数有し、該複数の画素が2次元アレイ状に配列され、
前記第1電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷は、全画素同時に前記第2電荷蓄積部に転送され、
前記第2電荷蓄積部に保持された信号電荷は、行毎に前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送される
請求項1に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、シリサイド系化合物で構成されている
請求項5に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、有機材料で構成されている
請求項5に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部と前記基板とは電極を介して接続されており、前記光電変換部と前記電極とにより、前記基板が遮光されている
請求項10に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、前記基板に格子整合するように形成されている
請求項6に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部の光入射側又は前記基板側には、中間層が形成されている
請求項6に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記中間層は、電子親和力が前記基板の電子親和力と前記光電変換部の電子親和力の間になるように構成されている
請求項13に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記中間層は、前記光電変換部と反対導電型の材料で構成されている
請求項13に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部は、前記基板内に形成されたpn接合からなるフォトダイオードで構成されている
請求項3に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷は、前記光電変換部と前記第1電荷蓄積部の不純物濃度に起因して生じるポテンシャル勾配により、前記第1電荷蓄積部側に移動する
請求項16に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記第1電荷蓄積部が形成された領域の前記基板上部に形成された転送電極を備え、
前記転送電極が電圧を印加することで、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷が前記第1電荷蓄積部側に移動する
請求項16に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、前記基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタとを含む画素が2次元アレイ状に配列された画素領域を備える固体撮像装置において、
前記第1転送トランジスタをオンすることにより前記第1電荷蓄積部及び光電変換部に蓄積された信号電荷を、全画素同時に前記第2電荷蓄積部に転送し、
前記第2転送トランジスタをオンすることにより、前記第2電荷蓄積部に保持された信号電荷を行毎に読み出す
固体撮像装置の駆動方法。 - 光学レンズと、
前記光学レンズに集光された光が入射される固体撮像装置であって、基板と、光量に応じた信号電荷を生成する光電変換部と、前記基板に形成され、前記信号電荷を電圧に変換するフローティングディフュージョン部と、基板に形成され、前記光電変換部で生成された信号電荷を蓄積する第1電荷蓄積部と、前記基板の厚さ方向において前記第1電荷蓄積部の上部に形成され、前記第1電荷蓄積部と電気的に分離されて形成された第2電荷蓄積部と、前記第2電荷蓄積部が形成された側の基板表面から前記第1電荷蓄積部に達する深さまで前記基板に埋め込まれて形成された第1転送ゲート電極を備える縦型の第1転送トランジスタと、前記第2電荷蓄積部に蓄積された信号電荷を前記フローティングディフュージョン部に転送する第2転送トランジスタとを備える固体撮像装置と、
前記固体撮像装置から出力される出力信号を処理する信号処理回路と
を含む電子機器。
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