Abstract:
The present technology relates to techniques of preventing intrusion of moisture into a chip. Various illustrative embodiments include image sensors that include: a substrate; a plurality of layers stacked on the substrate; the plurality of layers including a photodiode layer having a plurality of photodiodes formed on a surface of the photodiode layer; the plurality of layers including at least one layer having a groove formed such that a portion of the at least one layer is excavated; and a transparent resin layer formed above the photodiode layer and formed in the groove. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image sensor.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state image sensing device of backside irradiation type only with a sheet of substrate while substrate strength is maintained. SOLUTION: The solid-state image sensing device includes: a photoelectric converter 22 for converting an incident quantity of light into an electrical signal; and a plurality of pixels 21 formed on a semiconductor substrate 11. The semiconductor substrate 11 of the region (first region 12) where the plurality of pixels 21 are formed is characterized in that it is formed thinner than the semiconductor substrate 11 in the region (second region 13) other than that where at least the pixels 21 are formed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form transistor groups having different operating voltages on the same semiconductor substrate, to enable a lower resistance gate electrode for the transistor group of higher operating voltage, and to enable the elimination of the occurrence of a residue of an electrically conductive film for forming a metal gate electrode of the transistor group of lower operating voltage. SOLUTION: In this manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which has a first transistor group of higher operating voltage and a second transistor group of lower operating voltage on the semiconductor substrate 11, in the first transistor group, a first gate insulating film 13, a first gate electrode 15, and a silicide layer are successively laminated on the semiconductor substrate 11, and the second transistor group has a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode in a gate forming groove 42 formed by removing a dummy gate 18 on the semiconductor substrate 11. The silicide layer is formed after forming the first gate electrode 15 to be lower than the dummy gate electrode 16, and the gate forming groove is formed after forming an interlayer insulating film covering them and planarizing the surface thereof. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for polishing a substrate, which method can realize high flatness polishing, and further to provide a semiconductor apparatus and its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: An oxide film to be polished existing on the substrate is flattened by carrying out the chemical-mechanical polishing processes having two or more steps in order using at least two or more kinds of slurry composed of ceria abrasives having different BET values. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state imaging sensor realizing a rear surface irradiated-type solid-state image sensor by enabling alignment mark for aligning a photodiode and lenses in a light-receiving sensor section to be formed for the rear surface irradiated-type solid-state image sensor. SOLUTION: This solid-state image sensor 1 has a rear surface irradiated type structure, and comprises the lenses 7 in the rear surface of a silicon layer 2 in which the light-receiving sensor section PD is formed, and an insulating layer 13, used as an alignment mark which, is embedded and formed in the silicon layer 2 in the periphery of an imaging region 20. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device capable of accurately forming a contact hole reaching gate wiring and a semiconductor substrate. SOLUTION: The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device provided with an NMOS region 11A and a PMOS region 11B on the same semiconductor substrate 11 comprises: a first process of forming a first stress liner film 41 on the semiconductor substrate 11 of the NMOS region 11A; a second process of forming a second stress liner film 43 on the semiconductor substrate 11 of the PMOS region 11B so as to partially overlap with the first stress liner film 41 on the boundary part 11C of the NMOS region 11A and the PMOS region 11B; and a third process of removing the second stress liner film 43 provided on the first stress liner film 41. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which prevents dishing or erosion by flattening the surface of an interlayer insulating film by accurately forming contact holes on in interlayer insulating film, in the case that the interlayer insulating film is formed on a substrate with steps formed thereon. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing a semiconductor comprises a process for forming the interlayer insulating film 12 on the substrate 11 having a memory area 21 wherein word lines are densely arranged and a logic area 22 wherein gate electrodes 52 are sparsely arranged, a process for forming contact holes 14 in the interlayer insulating film 12 and for forming a plug forming material film 15 on the interlayer insulating film 12 so as to embed the contact holes 14, a process for removing the plug forming material film 15 from protrusions 12a, 12b of the interlayer insulating film 12, a process for removing the protrusions 12a, 12b for flattening, and a process for flattening the surface of the interlayer insulating film 12 by removing the excessive plug forming material film 15. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an aligner capable of detecting a gap abnormality between a substrate to be exposed and a mask in a state where the substrate is attached to the aligner and stopping the exposing operation when the gap abnormality occurs, and to realize a method for detecting the gap abnormality in the aligner. SOLUTION: This aligner is equipped with the mask M where a pattern held by a mask holding member 21 is formed, and a chuck member 2 having a chuck surface 2b holding a wafer H as the substrate to be exposed in parallel with the mask M through a specified gap, and it exposes the wafer W through the mask M. In such a case, the aligner is provided with a dial gage G installed on the member 21 and functioning as a gap measuring means detecting the height of a reference surface 2c formed on the member 2 so as to be in parallel with the surface 2b with respect to the member 21.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal dimmer and a method of driving a liquid crystal dimming element that allow appropriate driving of the liquid crystal dimming element, and an image pickup unit that includes such a liquid crystal dimmer.SOLUTION: A liquid crystal dimmer includes: a liquid crystal dimming element adjusting a transmitted light amount of incident picked-up image light; a driving section supplying a voltage for driving the liquid crystal dimming element to the liquid crystal dimming element; and a control section controlling the drive voltage to control a dimmed state of the liquid crystal dimming element. The control section controls the drive voltage to allow a tilt angle of a liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal dimming element to be shifted in a multiple-step manner when the liquid crystal dimming element is caused to undergo a state transition from one dimmed state to another dimmed state, the dimmed states being different from each other in the transmitted light amount.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fabrication process of a semiconductor device in which removal of a cap layer on an electrode layer and planarization of an interlayer film can be carried out simultaneously. SOLUTION: An interlayer dielectric 9 is formed on a semiconductor substrate 1 to cover a dummy gate electrode (electrode layer) 3 and a cap layer 4 while aligning the surface with the boundary of the cap layer 4 and the dummy gate electrode 3. Subsequently, the interlayer dielectric 9 and the cap layer 4 on the dummy gate electrode 3 are removed by CMP employing ceria based slurry. When the cap layer 4 is projecting convexly from the surface position of the interlayer dielectric 9, the cap layer 4 is removed by CMP employing ceria based slurry. After the cap layer 4 is removed and the upper surfaces of the dummy gate electrode 3 and the interlayer dielectric 9 are aligned, polishing rate of the interlayer dielectric 9 lowers extremely due to pressure dependency of the ceria based slurry and thereby polishing of the interlayer dielectric 9 is suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI