Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

Alexei Heiman

Yakov Roizin

Amos Fenigstein

Sharon Levin

Avi Strum

Ira Naot

Doron Pardess

An X-ray image sensor having scintillating material embedded into wave-guide structures fabricated in a CMOS image sensor (CIS). After the CIS has been fabricated, openings (deep pores) are formed in the back side of the CIS wafer. These openings terminate at a distance of about 1 to 5 microns below the upper silicon surface of the wafer. The depth of these openings can be controlled by stopping on a buried insulating layer, or by stopping on an epitaxial silicon layer having a distinctive doping concentration. The openings are aligned with corresponding photodiodes of the CIS. The openings may have a shape that narrows as approaching the photodiodes. A thin layer of a reflective material may be formed on the sidewalls of the openings, thereby improving the efficiency of the resulting waveguide structures. Scintillating material (e.g., CsI(Tl)) is introduced into the openings using a ForceFill&#x2122; technology or by mechanical pressing.

High resolution integrated X-ray CMOS image sensor

An integrated circuit includes both LDMOS devices and one or more low-power CMOS devices that are concurrently formed on a substrate using a deep sub-micron VLSI fabrication process. The LDMOS polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) gate structure is patterned using a two-mask etching process. The first etch mask is used to define a first edge of the gate structure located away from the deep body/drain implant. The second etch mask is then used to define a second edge of the gate structure, and the second etch mask is then retained on the gate structure during subsequent formation of the deep body/drain implant. After the deep implant, shallow implants and metallization are formed to complete the LDMOS device.

Self-aligned LDMOS fabrication method integrated deep-sub-micron VLSI process, using a self-aligned lithography etches and implant process

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Alexei Heiman