Photodetector and image sensor including the same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01L-027/146
H04N-005/33
H01L-031/0232
H01L-031/09
H04N-005/3745
출원번호
US-0852016
(2015-09-11)
등록번호
US-9559133
(2017-01-31)
우선권정보
KR-10-2012-0143715 (2012-12-11)
발명자
/ 주소
Lee, HyunSeok
Jung, Jung-Kyu
Park, Yoondong
Lee, Taeyon
출원인 / 주소
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
대리인 / 주소
Lee & Morse P.C.
인용정보
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0인용 특허 :
10
초록▼
A photodetector may have a structure including conductive patterns and an intermediate layer interposed between the conductive patterns. A length L of at least one side of the second conductive pattern that overlaps the first conductive pattern and the intermediate layer satisfies the equation L=λ/2
A photodetector may have a structure including conductive patterns and an intermediate layer interposed between the conductive patterns. A length L of at least one side of the second conductive pattern that overlaps the first conductive pattern and the intermediate layer satisfies the equation L=λ/2neff, wherein the neff is an effective refractive index of a surface plasmon waveguide formed of the first conductive pattern, the intermediate layer, and the second conductive pattern during a surface plasmon resonance. Heat generated in the intermediate layer when the electromagnetic wave having the wavelength λ is incident thereon generates a current variation.
대표청구항▼
1. An image sensor, comprising: a first lower conductive pattern and a second lower conductive pattern spaced apart and physically isolated from each other;an intermediate layer covering the first and second lower conductive patterns, the intermediate layer detecting an electromagnetic wave having a
1. An image sensor, comprising: a first lower conductive pattern and a second lower conductive pattern spaced apart and physically isolated from each other;an intermediate layer covering the first and second lower conductive patterns, the intermediate layer detecting an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength λ incident thereon;an upper conductive pattern disposed on the intermediate layer, the upper conductive pattern overlapping with a portion of the first lower conductive pattern and a portion of the second lower conductive pattern; anda substrate including a unit pixel area formed of a plurality of sub pixel areas, the first and second lower conductive patterns, the intermediate layer, and the upper conductive pattern being disposed at each of the sub pixel areas,wherein L is a length, a diameter, a portion of a length, or a portion of a diameter of the upper conductive pattern that overlaps one of the first and second lower conductive patterns and satisfies equation 1, L=λ/2neff wherein the neff is an effective refractive index of a surface plasmon waveguide formed of the first and second lower conductive patterns, the intermediate layer, and the upper conductive pattern during a surface plasmon resonance, andwherein heat generated in the intermediate layer by the electromagnetic wave through a surface plasmon focusing phenomenon causes a variation in the intermediate layer such that a varied current is detected, andwherein L of an upper conductive pattern and λ of the electromagnetic wave associated with a first sub pixel area are different from L of an upper conductive pattern and λ of the electromagnetic wave associated with a second sub pixel area. 2. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate layer is one of silicon, germanium, poly silicon, poly germanium, amorphous silicon, amorphous germanium, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxide nitride, and an amorphous or crystalline phase change film including a Chalcogenide element. 3. The image sensor as claimed in claim 2, wherein a real value of a dielectric constant of the first and second lower conductive patterns and the upper conductive pattern at the wavelength 2 of the electromagnetic wave is a negative number. 4. The image sensor as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second lower conductive patterns and the upper conductive pattern are formed of at least one of gold, aluminum, silver, tungsten, copper, impurity-doped silicon, metal silicide, and crystalline alloy including a Chalcogenide element. 5. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the first and second lower conductive patterns of the first sub pixel area is connected with one of the first and second lower conductive patterns of a second sub pixel area. 6. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length L is shorter than the wavelength λ. 7. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic wave is wave-guided along a surface between the intermediate layer and the first and second lower conductive patterns overlapping with the upper conductive pattern and a surface between the intermediate layer and the upper conductive pattern overlapping with the first and second lower conductive patterns by a surface plasmon phenomenon. 8. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the variation in the intermediate layer is in electric resistance, conductivity, dielectric constant, or charge mobility. 9. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper conductive pattern is a polygonal where the upper conductive pattern overlaps the first and second lower conductive patterns and the intermediate layer. 10. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper conductive pattern is circular where the upper conductive pattern overlaps the first and second lower conductive patterns and the intermediate layer. 11. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wavelength λ is a first wavelength λ1 to be detected, the upper conductive pattern having another side that overlaps the first and second lower conductive patterns and the intermediate layer that has a second length L2 satisfying equation 1 for a second wavelength λ2 to be detected. 12. The image sensor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a micro lens disposed on the upper conductive pattern. 13. The image sensor as claimed in claim 12, wherein no color filter is between the micro lens and the upper conductive pattern. 14. A image sensor, comprising: a first conductive pattern comprising a first conductive sub-pattern and a second conductive sub-pattern spaced apart and physically isolated from each other by an insulator,an intermediate layer on the first conductive pattern; anda second conductive pattern on the intermediate layer, the second conductive pattern overlapping only a portion of each of the first and second conductive sub-patterns, and the insulator therebetween, the second conductive pattern covering a smaller surface area than the first conductive pattern and the intermediate layer, and the intermediate layer detecting an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength λ incident thereon through the second conductive pattern,wherein L is a length, a diameter, a portion of a length, or a portion of a diameter of the second conductive pattern that overlaps one of the first conductive pattern and satisfies equation 1, L=λ/2neff wherein the neff is an effective refractive index of a surface plasmon waveguide formed of the first conductive pattern, the intermediate layer, and the second conductive pattern during a surface plasmon resonance, andwherein heat generated in the intermediate layer, when the electromagnetic wave having the wavelength λ is incident thereon, generates a current variation. 15. The image sensor as claimed in claim 14, wherein the wavelength λ is a first wavelength λ1 in a range of electromagnetic wavelengths to be detected, the second conductive pattern having another side having a second length L2 satisfying equation 1 for a second wavelength λ2 in the range of electromagnetic wavelengths to be detected. 16. The image sensor as claimed in claim 14, wherein a real value of a dielectric constant of the first and second conductive patterns at the wavelength λ of the electromagnetic wave is a negative number. 17. The image sensor as claimed in claim 14, wherein the length L is shorter than the wavelength λ. 18. The image sensor as claimed in claim 14, wherein the electromagnetic wave is wave-guided along a surface between the first conductive pattern overlapping with the second conductive pattern and the intermediate layer and a surface between the second conductive pattern overlapping with the first conductive pattern and the intermediate layer by a surface plasmon phenomenon.
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