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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-Wei Chang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Han-Chi Liu, Dahu Shiang, TW;
Chun-Yao Ko, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shou-Gwo Wuu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an image sensor semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first type of dopant; a semiconductor layer having a second type of dopant different from the first type of dopant and disposed on the semiconductor substrate; a photo-sensitive structure formed in the semiconductor layer; a multi-layer interconnect (MLI) structure disposed on the semiconductor layer; a color filter disposed on the MLI structure and disposed above the photo-sensitive structure; and a microlens disposed over the color filter and disposed above the photo-sensitive structure.