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Method for manufacturing CCD image pickup device
Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
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Filing: 1996-06-21
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Granted: 1997-10-21
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Expires: 2016-06-21
Abstract
Abstract A method for manufacturing a CCD (charge coupled device) image pickup device includes (1) forming a P well and a field oxide layer upon an N type substrate, forming a buried CCD channel, and a photo diode; (2) forming a gate insulating layer and gate electrodes for a VCCD and an HCCD, and covering the electrodes with a cap gate insulating layer; (3) forming an etch stop layer on the cap gate insulating layer, removing a portion of the etch stop layer to form a contact hole, depositing a first insulating layer, and etching the layer and the cap layer to expose the gate electrode; (4) depositing and patterning to form a metal wiring connected to the gate electrode; (5) forming an inter-layer insulating layer on the metal wiring and the first insulating layer; (6) forming a photoresist mask for covering a peripheral circuit portion and an HCCD portion and wet-etching the inter-layer insulating layer and the first insulating layer by using the photoresist mask to open a light receiving portion; and (7) depositing a light shielding metal layer, removing the layer above a photo diode of a light receiving portion, wherein at the step (5), an etch speed for the inter-layer insulating layer is made to be faster than that for the first insulating layer, resulting a surface etch speed to be faster than an etch speed at a boundary of the first insulating layer, causing a boundary of the inter-layer insulating layer to have a positive slope after the wet-etching.
Inventors
- 👤 Shang-Ho Moon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:23
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D44/00; H10D44/40; H10D44/45; H10D44/452; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10F; H10F39/00; H10F39/10; H10F39/12; H10F39/15; H10F39/153; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/978
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
A method for manufacturing a CCD image pickup device, comprising the steps of: (1) forming a P well and a field oxide layer upon an N type substrate, forming a buried CCD channel, and forming a photo diode; (2) forming a gate insulating layer and gate electrodes for a vertical CCD (VCCD) and a horizontal CCD (HCCD), and covering the gate electrodes with a cap gate insulating layer; (3) forming an etch stop layer on the cap gate insulating layer, removing a portion of the etch stop Iayer corresponding to a contact portion to form a contact hole, depositing a first insulating layer, and etching the first insulating layer and the cap gate insulating layer to open the contact hole to expose the gate electrode; (4) depositing a metal in the contact hole and carrying out a patterning to form a metal wiring, the metal wiring being connected to the gate electrode; (5) forming an inter-layer insulating layer on the metal wiring and the first insulating layer; (6) forming a photoresist mask for covering a peripheral circuit portion and an HCCD portion by applying a photo process, and wet-etching the inter-layer insulating layer and the first insulating layer by using the photoresist mask as a mask to open a light receiving portion; and (7) depositing a light shielding metal layer, removing the light shielding metal layer above a photo diode of a light receiving portion, wherein at the step (5), an etch speed for the inter-layer insulating layer is made to be faster than that for the first insulating layer, resulting in a surface etch speed being faster than an etch speed at a boundary of the first insulating layer, thereby causing a boundary of the inter-layer insulating layer to have a positive slope after the wet-etching of step (6).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
300 words
A method for manufacturing a CCD image pickup device, comprising the steps of: (1) forming a P well and a field oxide layer upon an N type substrate, forming a buried CCD channel, and forming a photo diode; (2) forming a gate insulating layer and gate electrodes for a vertical CCD (VCCD) and a horizontal CCD (HCCD), and covering the gate electrodes with a cap gate insulating layer; (3) forming an etch stop layer on the cap gate insulating layer, removing a portion of the etch stop Iayer corresponding to a contact portion to form a contact hole, depositing a first insulating layer, and etching the first insulating layer and the cap gate insulating layer to open the contact hole to expose the gate electrode; (4) depositing a metal in the contact hole and carrying out a patterning to form a metal wiring, the metal wiring being connected to the gate electrode; (5) forming an inter-layer insulating layer on the metal wiring and the first insulating layer; (6) forming a photoresist mask for covering a peripheral circuit portion and an HCCD portion by applying a photo process, and wet-etching the inter-layer insulating layer and the first insulating layer by using the photoresist mask as a mask to open a light receiving portion; and (7) depositing a light shielding metal layer, removing the light shielding metal layer above a photo diode of a light receiving portion, wherein at the step (5), an etch speed for the inter-layer insulating layer is made to be faster than that for the first insulating layer, resulting in a surface etch speed being faster than an etch speed at a boundary of the first insulating layer, thereby causing a boundary of the inter-layer insulating layer to have a positive slope after the wet-etching of step (6).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first insulating layer is formed by depositing a borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG), and the inter-layer insulating layer is formed by depositing a phosphosilicate glass (PSG), the PSG having an etch speed faster than that of the BPSG.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (5) of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing a tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate undoped silica glass (TEOS-USG) or a P-SiO at a temperature around 400° C. through a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process; and implanting P ions to make the surface etch speed faster than the etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (5) of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing a phosphosilicate glass (PSC) at a temperature of about 400° C. through a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process; and implanting P ions with an energy of approximately 80 keV at a concentration of approximately 2E15 atoms/cm 2 to make the surface etch speed faster than the etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (5) of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing the inter-layer insulating layer in a thick form; and etching back the inter-layer insulation layer by applying a plasma dry etching process to reduce its thickness to approximately 0.2 μm, so that the surface etch speed is faster than the etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the etch stop layer includes a silicon nitride layer.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
178 words
A method of manufacturing a CCD image pickup device, comprising the steps of: forming a structure having a photo diode, a buried CCD channel, and gate electrodes for a vertical CCD (VCCD) and a horizontal CCD (HCCD); forming a high density insulating layer and a first insulating layer on the structure, the high density insulating layer and the first insulating layer have a contact hole exposing the gate electrode of the VCCD; forming a metal wiring in the contact hole for connecting with the gate electrode of the VCCD; forming an inter-layer insulating layer on the first insulating layer and the metal wiring layer, the etch speed of the inter-layer insulating layer being faster than that of the fist insulating layer; wet etching the inter-layer insulating layer and the first insulating layer by using a mask covering the HCCD and a portion around the metal wiring, thereby forming a light receiving portion, a boundary of the inter-layer insulating layer having a positive slope; and forming a light shielding metal layer on the structure except above the photo diode.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
178 words
A method of manufacturing a CCD image pickup device, comprising the steps of: forming a structure having a photo diode, a buried CCD channel, and gate electrodes for a vertical CCD (VCCD) and a horizontal CCD (HCCD); forming a high density insulating layer and a first insulating layer on the structure, the high density insulating layer and the first insulating layer have a contact hole exposing the gate electrode of the VCCD; forming a metal wiring in the contact hole for connecting with the gate electrode of the VCCD; forming an inter-layer insulating layer on the first insulating layer and the metal wiring layer, the etch speed of the inter-layer insulating layer being faster than that of the fist insulating layer; wet etching the inter-layer insulating layer and the first insulating layer by using a mask covering the HCCD and a portion around the metal wiring, thereby forming a light receiving portion, a boundary of the inter-layer insulating layer having a positive slope; and forming a light shielding metal layer on the structure except above the photo diode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first insulating layer is formed by depositing a borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG), and the inter-layer insulating layer is formed by depositing a phosphosilicate glass (PSG), the PSG having an etch speed faster than that of the BPSG.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing a tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate undoped silica glass (TEOS-USG) or a P-SiO at a temperature around 400° C. through a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process; and implanting P ions to make a surface etch speed of the inter-layer insulating layer faster than an etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
84 words
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing a phosphosilieate glass (PSG) at a temperature of about 400° C. through a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process; and implanting P ions with an energy of approximately 80 keV at a concentration of approximately 2E15 atoms/cm 2 to make a surface etch speed of the inter-layer insulating layer faster than an etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of forming the inter-layer insulating layer includes the steps of: depositing the inter-layer insulating layer in a thick form; and etching back the inter-layer insulation layer by applying a plasma dry etching process to reduce its thickness to approximately 0.2 μm, so that a surface etch speed of the inter-layer insulating layer is faster than an etch speed at the boundary of the first insulating layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the high density insulating layer includes a silicon nitride layer.
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