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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2005
Applicants:

Peter Rieve, Windeck-Dattenfeld, DE;

Konstantin Seibel, Siegen, DE;

Michael Wagner, Bretnig-Hauswalde, DE;

Inventors:

Peter Rieve, Windeck-Dattenfeld, DE;

Konstantin Seibel, Siegen, DE;

Michael Wagner, Bretnig-Hauswalde, DE;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics N.V., Amsterdam, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a photodiode contact for a TFA image sensor which includes a photodiode, produced by deposition of a multilayer system and a transparent conductive contact layer on an ASIC circuit that has been coated with an intermediate metal dielectric component and that has vias in a photoactive zone which are arranged on a pixel grid. Said vias extend through the intermediate metal dielectric component and are linked with respective strip conductors of the CMOS-ASIC circuit. A pixel-grid structured barrier layer, and on top thereof a CMOS metallization, are arranged on the intermediate metal dielectric component. The aim of the invention is to improve the characteristic variables of the photodiode by simple technological means. This object is achieved by removing at least the CMOS metallization present on the CMOS-ASIC circuit in the area of the photoactive zone except for the structured barrier layer and subsequently applying the multilayer system of the photodiode and the conductive transparent contact layer to the CMOS-ASIC circuit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rieve, Peter. (2007). Method for producing a photodiode contact for a tfa image sensor (U.S. Patent No. 7282382). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7282382

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