Boron-Coated Back-Illuminated Image Sensor With Fluoride-Based Anti-Reflection Coating

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18391595

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Back-illuminated image sensors for detecting short wavelength radiation (e.g., deep ultraviolet (DUV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light) include a semiconductor membrane, circuit elements formed on a frontside surface of the semiconductor membrane, and a pure boron coating on the backside surface of the semiconductor membrane. A two-part anti-reflective coating is formed over the pure boron coating and includes a thin oxide or nitride protection layer disposed between the pure boron coating and a fluoride-based anti-reflection layer. A method for fabricating the image sensors may include performing plasma atomic layer deposition (plasma ALD) processes to sequentially generate the pure boron coating, the oxide/nitride protection layer and then the fluoride-based anti-reflection layer. The image sensors may be configured as charge coupled devices (CCDs), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, or as photodiodes, and arranged as two-dimensional (2D) area sensors or a one-dimensional (1D) array sensors.

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KLA CORPORATIONONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MILPITAS CA 95035

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Butaeva, Evgeniia San Jose, US 6 0
Chung, Ting Fung Milpitas, US 1 0
Fielden, John Los Altos, US 159 3950
Juschkin, Larissa Pleasanton, US 6 8
Kole, Francisco San Jose, US 5 4
Yalamanchili, Sisir Fremont, US 13 35

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