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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yeoun-Soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Il-Ho Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a first inter-layer dielectric layer formed over a front side of a substrate including photoelectric conversion regions; isolation structures each of which penetrates through the first inter-layer dielectric layer and has a portion buried in the substrate; first metal lines formed over the first inter-layer dielectric layer to correspond to the photoelectric conversion regions; and an optical filter and a light condenser formed over a back side of the substrate.