US 12,302,661 B2
Image sensor including reflective structure including a reflective structure
Jonghyeon Noh, Hwaseong-si (KR); Kook Tae Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jingyun Kim, Seogwipo-si (KR); Miseon Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Jaewoong Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,192.
Application 17/980,192 is a continuation of application No. 17/952,479, filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0167022 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170373 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 39/807 (2025.01) [H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/8067 (2025.01); H10F 39/811 (2025.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor, comprising:
a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other; and
a pixel separation part disposed in the substrate, wherein the pixel separation part divides a plurality of unit pixels from each other;
wherein the pixel separation part includes:
a conductive structure that extends from the first surface toward the second surface; and
a first reflective structure disposed between the conductive structure and the substrate,
wherein the first reflective structure includes:
a first reflective liner disposed between the substrate and the conductive structure; and
a second reflective liner disposed between the first reflective liner and the conductive structure,
wherein a refractive index of the first reflective liner is different from a refractive index of the second reflective liner.