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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Ji-Heng Jiang, Tainan, TW;
Ming-Chi Wu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chi-Yuan Wen, Tainan, TW;
Chien-Nan Tu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Lung Yeh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An FSI image sensor device structure is provided. The FSI image sensor device structure includes a substrate and a barrier structure formed in the substrate. The barrier structure includes a plurality of protrusion portions and a plurality of pillar portions. Each of the protrusion portions has a first height, and each of the pillar portions has a second height that is greater than the first height. The FSI image sensor device structure includes a pixel region formed over the protrusion portions and a storage region formed over the protrusion portions, wherein the pillar portions surround the pixel region.