# US 10,483,317 B2 · Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,483,317 B2 - Document ID: US10483317B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/835,626 - Filed: 2017-12-08 - Published: 2018-06-28 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-23 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sun-hyun Kim; Han-seok Kim; Chung-ho Song; Jin-ju Jeon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483317B2 ## CPC - H10F 39/014: {of CMOS image sensors} - H10F 39/026: {Wafer-level processing} - H10F 39/8053: {Colour filters} - H10F 39/8063: {Microlenses} - H10F 39/811: {Interconnections} - H10W 46/00: Marks applied to devices, e.g. for alignment or identification - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract The present disclosure provides an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. An image sensor includes a first substrate, a barrier structure, a first structure, a second substrate, and a second structure. The first substrate includes a device region in which unit pixels are disposed and a first residual scribe lane region surrounding the device region. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The barrier structure penetrates the first substrate in the first residual scribe lane region. The first surface of the first substrate is on the first structure. The second substrate includes a second residual scribe lane region facing the first residual scribe lane region. The second substrate has a front surface and a rear surface. The second structure is on the front surface of the second substrate and faces the first surface of the first substrate. The second structure is bonded to the first structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image sensor comprising: a first substrate including a device region in which a plurality of unit pixels are disposed, a first residual scribe lane region surrounding the device region, and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a barrier structure penetrating the first residual scribe lane region of the first substrate; a first structure including a first conductive film and a first insulating film, the first surface of the first substrate being on the first structure, a bottommost surface of the barrier structure being on top of a top surface of the first structure; a second substrate including a second residual scribe lane region facing the first residual scribe lane region, and having a front surface and a rear surface; and a second structure on the front surface of the second substrate, the second structure facing the first surface of the first substrate, the second structure being bonded to the first structure, and the second structure including a second conductive film and a second insulating film. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the first substrate includes a device isolation structure between the plurality of unit pixels, a material in the barrier structure is the same as a material in the device isolation structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image sensor of claim 2, wherein a level of the barrier structure is the same as a level of the device isolation structure in the first substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image sensor of claim 2, wherein the barrier structure and the device isolation structure are each a deep trench isolation (DTI). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein a width of the barrier structure that is coplanar with the first surface of the first substrate is greater than a width of the barrier structure that is coplanar with the second surface of the first substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of color filters at the second surface of the first substrate, the first substrate includes a plurality of microlenses on the plurality of color filters, respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image sensor of claim 6, wherein the image sensor is a backside illumination image sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein an area of the first residual scribe lane region is substantially equal to an area of the second residual scribe lane region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein, when viewed from above the second surface of the first substrate, the barrier structure has a line shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein, when viewed from above the second surface of the first substrate, the barrier structure has a grid shape. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein, when viewed from above the second surface of the first substrate, the barrier structure has a discontinuous line shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the second substrate further comprises a device region in which a plurality of logic devices are disposed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the first substrate includes a via, and the first conductive film and the second conductive film are electrically connected to each other through the via. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The image sensor of claim 13, wherein the via is a through silicon via (TSV). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The image sensor of claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the barrier structure is coplanar with the first surface of the first substrate. ### Claim 16 An image sensor comprising: a first substrate including a device region in which a plurality of unit pixels are disposed, a first residual scribe lane region surrounding the device region, and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a barrier structure penetrating the first residual scribe lane region of the first substrate; a first structure including a first conductive film and a first insulating film, the first surface of the first substrate being on the first structure; a second substrate including a second residual scribe lane region facing the first residual scribe lane region, and having a front surface and a rear surface; and a second structure on the front surface of the second substrate, the second structure facing the first surface of the first substrate, the second structure being bonded to the first structure, and the second structure including a second conductive film and a second insulating film, wherein a width of the barrier structure that is coplanar with the first surface of the first substrate is less than a width of the barrier structure that is coplanar with the second surface of the first substrate. ### Claim 17 An image sensor comprising: a first structure on a second structure, the first structure including a first conductive film and a first insulating film, the second structure including a second conductive film and a second insulating film; and a first substrate on the first structure, the first substrate including a first surface opposite a second surface, the first substrate including a first residual scribe lane region surrounding a device region, the device region including a plurality of unit pixels, the first substrate including a barrier structure penetrating the first residual scribe lane region of the first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a device isolation structure between the plurality of unit pixels, and a material in the barrier structure is the same as a material in the device isolation structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The image sensor of claim 17, wherein the first conductive film in the first structure is not present below the barrier structure, and the device region of the first substrate is positioned over the first conductive film of the first structure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The image sensor of claim 17, wherein, when viewed from above the second surface of the first substrate, the barrier structure has one of a line shape, a grid shape, and a discontinuous line shape. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The image sensor of claim 17, wherein the first substrate includes a via, and the via electrically connects the first conductive film to the second conductive film.