CMOS image sensors and methods for fabricating the same
First Claim
1. A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate having a device dividing area and an active area defined thereon;
a photodiode having the active area of the semiconductor substrate covered by a p-type impurity area and generating optical electric charges in accordance with a luminance of a light; and
color filter layers and micro-lenses formed on a vertical line of the photodiode.
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Abstract
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, the method includes forming at least a first pad layer and a second pad layer on a p-type semiconductor substrate having an active area and a device dividing area defined thereon, removing the first pad layer and the second pad layer on the device dividing area, so as to expose the p-type semiconductor layer and selectively removing the exposed p-type semiconductor layer, thereby forming a trench, forming a first p-type impurity area on a portion of the p-type semiconductor substrate formed on inner walls of the trench, forming a device dividing insulating layer on an entire surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate so as to fill the trench, removing the device dividing insulating layer, so that the device dividing insulating layer remains only in the trench, and removing the second pad layer, and injecting n-type impurity ions onto the active area, thereby forming a photodiode area.
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1. A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate having a device dividing area and an active area defined thereon;
a photodiode having the active area of the semiconductor substrate covered by a p-type impurity area and generating optical electric charges in accordance with a luminance of a light; and
color filter layers and micro-lenses formed on a vertical line of the photodiode. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate having a device dividing area and an active area defined thereon;
a trench formed on the device dividing area of the semiconductor substrate;
a first p-type impurity area formed on inner walls of the trench;
a device dividing layer formed on the active area adjacent to the first p-type impurity area;
a second p-type impurity area formed on a surface of the photodiode area; and
color filter layers and micro-lenses formed on a vertical line of the photodiode.
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4. A method for fabricating a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprising:
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forming at least a first pad layer and a second pad layer on a p-type semiconductor substrate having an active area and a device dividing area defined thereon;
removing the first pad layer and the second pad layer on the device dividing area, so as to expose the p-type semiconductor layer and selectively removing the exposed p-type semiconductor layer, thereby forming a trench;
forming a first p-type impurity area on a portion of the p-type semiconductor substrate formed on inner walls of the trench;
forming a device dividing insulating layer on an entire surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate so as to fill the trench;
removing the device dividing insulating layer, so that the device dividing insulating layer remains only in the trench, and removing the second pad layer; and
injecting n-type impurity ions onto the active area, thereby forming a photodiode area. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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