EP 0978142 A1 20000209 - IMPROVED SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR
Title (en)
IMPROVED SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR
Title (de)
VERBESSERTE FESTKÖRPERBILDAUFNAHMEVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
DETECTEUR D'IMAGE A SEMI-CONDUCTEURS AMELIORE
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9801214 W 19980424
- GB 9708574 A 19970425
Abstract (en)
[origin: GB2324651A] A solid state image sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate 32 of a first conductivity type having one or more photosensistive pixels formed therein, the photosensitive area 20 of the or each pixel being formed by the semiconductor substrate and one or more impurity layers 33,34 of a second conductivity type formed within an active area of the semiconductor substrate. The photosensitive area has one or more edge portions defined by isolation 31 separating the active area of the semiconductor substrate from other active areas thereof, and the doping density of the impurity at the edge portion(s) of the photosensitive area is substantially restricted. A preferred embodiment is a CMOS photodiode sensor in which each pixel thereof includes a photodiode 20 formed by two N-type layers 33,34 in a P-type substrate. The lower N-type layer 33 is more heavily doped than the upper layer 34 and the edges of the lower layer 33 are set back from the edges of the upper layer 34. Alternatively, the lower layer 33 may be absent altogether. The layers 33, 34 are formed by the use of two or more different masks in the impurity doping process during manufacture of the sensor. Such a construction reduces dark-current leakage.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01L 21/76 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01L 21/76 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14806 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9849729A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 2324651 A 19981028; GB 2324651 B 19990901; GB 9708574 D0 19970618; EP 0978142 A1 20000209; WO 9849729 A1 19981105
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9708574 A 19970425; EP 98919307 A 19980424; GB 9801214 W 19980424