Wednesday, October 26, 2011

TSMC Too Applies for BSI Reflection Layer

TSMC patent application US20110254115 "Inserted reflective shield to improve quantum efficiency of image sensors" joined a growing group of applications proposing to put a reflector in BSI pixel to increase its red and IR QE:


"Examples of reflective metals that can be used for such application include, but are not limited to, tungsten (W), aluminum (Al), and copper (Cu), zinc (Zn, gold (Au), silver (Ag), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), tin (Sn), cobalt (Co), and nickel (Ni). The reflective material can also be a metal-containing film or an alloy that is made of two or more metals. Non-metal (or non-metallic) materials that are reflective may also be used. For example, polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) is a polymer that has high reflectivity."
Posted by Vladimir Koifman at 15:17

4 comments:

  1. RichardOctober 26, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Is this even patentable?

    It seems obvious, as in an inevitable application of known principles.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    All the nocturn aminals have patented this for long time .... :)

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  3. Eric R FossumOctober 26, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I have seen many applications similar to this one but who knows. It may be the exact details that count, not the general idea. I saw this first in an infrared PtSi CCD paper from Kosonocky a long time ago. (a mirror to reflect BSI for a 2nd pass)

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  4. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Here are some patent documents that are relevant (all US).

    6255681
    6498336
    7755123
    7888159
    7982177
    20070001100
    20080099804
    20090050947
    20110140221

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