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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Min-Feng Kao, Chiayi, TW;
Dun-Nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Jen-Cheng Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Wen-Chang Kuo, Tainan, TW;
Sheng-Chau Chen, Tainan, TW;
Feng-Chi Hung, Chu-Bei, TW;
Sheng-Chan Li, Tainan, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel and an isolation structure. The pixel includes a photosensitive region and a circuitry region next to the photosensitive region. The isolation structure is located over the pixel, where the isolation structure includes a conductive grid and a dielectric structure covering a sidewall of the conductive grid, and the isolation structure includes an opening or recess overlapping the photosensitive region. The isolation structure surrounds a peripheral region of the photosensitive region.