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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yun-Hui Yang, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Seon-Man Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stacked image sensor includes: a lower device including a lower inter-layer dielectric layer over an upper surface of a lower substrate, and a lower capping layer over the lower inter-layer dielectric layer; an upper device stacked over the lower device, including photodiodes in an upper substrate, an upper inter-layer dielectric layer below a lower surface of the upper substrate, and an upper capping layer below the upper inter-layer dielectric layer; and an air gap formed between the lower inter-layer dielectric layer and the upper inter-layer dielectric layer.