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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/036 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 31/036 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes an image sensing element disposed within a pixel region of a substrate. A plurality of conductive interconnect layers are disposed within a dielectric structure arranged along a first side of the substrate. A second side of the substrate includes a plurality of interior surfaces arranged directly over the image sensing element. The plurality of interior surfaces respectively include a substantially flat surface that extends along a plane.