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Method for fabricating image sensor including isolation layer having trench structure

  • US 6,967,316 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2003
  • Issued: 11/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for fabricating an image sensor including a device isolation layer having a trench structure, wherein an image sensor is integrated with a depletion mode transistor and a typical transistor, the method comprising the steps of:

  • forming sequentially a buffer oxide layer and a pad nitride layer on a substrate;

    patterning the pad nitride layer and the buffer oxide layer formed on a first region for the depletion mode transistor and a second region for the typical transistor by performing a device isolation mask process and an etch process to form trenches in the first region and the second region;

    forming a spacer at lateral sides of the trenches;

    masking the second region to form a high concentration of a first channel stop ion implantation region at a bottom side of the transistor in the first region by using high energy;

    removing the spacer formed at the lateral sides of the trench in the first and the second regions;

    masking the second region to form a low concentration of a second channel stop ion implantation region with use of low energy so that the second channel stop ion implantation region encompasses the lateral sides and the bottom side of the trench in the first region; and

    burying an insulation material into the trenches in the first region and the second region.

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