Light detecting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9841319-B2
Application number	US-201314083594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	Nov 19, 2013
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A light detecting device is provided, comprising a substrate having a patterned metal layer formed thereon; a dielectric layer formed on the substrate, first pixel element formed on the dielectric layer, and a second pixel element. The dielectric layer at least has a first trench, and the first trench is positioned below the level of the first pixel element. The second pixel element comprises a buried portion formed correspondingly to the first trench, and an upper portion formed on the buried portion. The upper portion of the second pixel element is positioned at the same level of the first pixel element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light detecting device, comprising:
a substrate having a patterned metal layer formed thereon;
a dielectric layer formed on the substrate and having a first trench;
a first pixel element formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the first trench is positioned below the level of the first pixel element;
a second pixel element, comprising:
a buried portion formed in the first trench and positioned between adjacent metal lines of the patterned metal layer; and
an upper portion, formed on the buried portion, and the upper portion positioned at the same level of the first pixel element, wherein, the second pixel element comprises a stack of color filter materials of only blue and red colors, a first depth of one of the color filter materials of the blue and red colors is substantially equal to a second depth of the other of the color filter materials of the blue and red color; and
a U-lens layer on the first pixel element and the second pixel element.

2. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixel element is an ambient light sensor (ALS), and the first pixel element has primary colors wherein said primary colors are red, green and blue respectively.

3. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the buried portion of the second pixel element comprises the color filter material of the red color, and the upper portion of the second pixel element comprises the color filter material of the blue color.

4. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the buried portion of the second pixel element comprises the color filter material of the blue color, and the upper portion of the second pixel element comprises the color filter material of the red color.

5. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the upper portion of the second pixel element is substantially aligned with a top surface of the first pixel element.

6. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the U-lense layer is formed on the top surfaces of the first and the second pixel elements.

7. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises oxide.

8. A light detecting device, comprising:
a substrate having a patterned metal layer formed thereon;
a dielectric layer formed on the substrate, and the dielectric layer having a first trench and a second trench;
a first pixel element formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the first and the second trenches are positioned below the level of the first pixel element;
a second pixel element, comprising:
a buried portion formed in the first trench and positioned between adjacent metal lines of the patterned metal layer; and
an upper portion, formed on the buried portion, and the upper portion positioned at the same level of the first pixel element, wherein the second pixel element comprises a stack of color filter materials of only blue and red colors, a first depth of one of the color filter materials of the blue and red colors is substantially equal to a second depth of the other of the color filter materials of the blue and red colors;

a light-blocking layer, formed correspondingly to the second trench; and
a U-lens layer on the first pixel element and the second pixel element.

9. The light detecting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-blocking layer is positioned at a peripheral region outside an array of the first and second pixel elements for shielding light.

10. The light detecting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-blocking layer comprises another stack of blue and red color filter layers.

11. The light detecting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-blocking layer comprises a buried block portion corresponding to the second trench and an upper block portion formed on the buried block portion.

12. The light detecting device according to claim 11 , wherein the buried portion of the second pixel element and the buried block portion of the light-blocking layer comprise the color filter material of the red color, while the upper portion of the second pixel element and the upper block portion of the light-blocking layer comprise the color filter material of the blue color.

13. The light detecting device according to claim 11 , wherein the buried portion of the second pixel element and the buried block portion of the light-blocking layer comprise the color filter material of the blue color, while the upper portion of the second pixel element and the upper block portion of the light-blocking layer comprise the color filter material of the red color.

14. The light detecting device according to claim 11 , wherein a top surface of the upper portion of the second pixel element and a top surface of the upper block portion of the light-blocking layer are substantially aligned with a top surface of the first pixel element.

15. The light detecting device according to claim 14 , wherein the U-lense layer is continuously formed on the top surfaces of the first and the second pixel elements.

16. The detecting device according to claim 11 , wherein the buried portion of the second pixel element and the buried block portion of the light-blocking layer have substantially the same depth.

Assignees

• United Microelectronics Corp

Inventors

• Lu Tse-Yi

Classifications

• G01J1/4204 Primary

  with determination of ambient light (solar light G01J2001/4266) · CPC title

• G01J1/0492

  using at least two different filters · CPC title

• H01L27/305

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G01J1/0209

  Monolithic · CPC title

• H10K39/30

  Devices controlled by radiation · CPC title