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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backside illumination image sensor structure comprises an image sensor formed adjacent to a first side of a semiconductor substrate, wherein a first dielectric layer formed over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and an interconnect layer formed over the first dielectric layer. The image sensor structure further comprises a backside illumination film formed over a second side of the semiconductor substrate and a first silicon halogen compound layer formed between the second side of the semiconductor substrate and the backside illumination film.