阅读说明：本技术 光电探测单元、光电探测结构和光电探测器及其制备方法 (Photoelectric detection unit, photoelectric detection structure, photoelectric detector and preparation method thereof ) 是由 臧凯 李爽 张超 于 2019-11-20 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请涉及光电探测单元、光电探测结构及其制备方法、光电探测器及其制备方法,其中,光电探测单元包括第一基底；第一结构,具有第一掺杂类型,形成于第一基底的正面上；第二结构,具有第二掺杂类型,形成于第一结构内,第一结构具有包围第二结构底面和侧面的底壁和侧壁；第一光处理层,具有凹凸结构,形成于第二结构的上表面；重掺杂区,具有第一掺杂类型,形成于侧壁内,重掺杂区的掺杂浓度大于侧壁的掺杂浓度；第一电极,与重掺杂区电连接；第二电极,与第二结构电连接。在本申请中,第一结构和第二结构形成光探测层,在光探测层上形成第一光处理层,通过第一光处理层对入射光线进行多次反射以增加光程,提高光探测层的光吸收效率。(The application relates to a photoelectric detection unit, a photoelectric detection structure and a preparation method thereof, and a photoelectric detector and a preparation method thereof, wherein the photoelectric detection unit comprises a first substrate; a first structure having a first doping type and formed on the front surface of the first substrate; a second structure having a second doping type formed within the first structure, the first structure having a bottom wall and sidewalls surrounding a bottom surface and sides of the second structure; a first light processing layer having a concave-convex structure formed on the upper surface of the second structure; the heavily doped region is provided with a first doping type and is formed in the side wall, and the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall; a first electrode electrically connected to the heavily doped region; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second structure. In this application, first structure and second structure form the optical detection layer, form first light processing layer on the optical detection layer, carry out multiple reflection to incident ray through first light processing layer in order to increase the optical distance, improve the light absorption efficiency of optical detection layer.)

1. A photodetecting unit, characterized by comprising:

a first substrate;

a first structure having a first doping type and formed on the first substrate;

a second structure having a second doping type formed within the first structure, the first structure having a bottom wall and sidewalls surrounding a bottom surface and sides of the second structure;

the first light processing layer is formed on the upper surface of the second structure, and the surface of the first light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure;

the heavily doped region is provided with a first doping type and is formed in the side wall, and the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

a first electrode electrically connected to the heavily doped region; and

a second electrode electrically connected to the second structure.

2. The photodetecting unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the doping concentration of the bottom wall is larger than the doping concentration of the side wall.

3. The photodetecting unit according to claim 2, characterized in that the doping concentration of the second structure decreases from top to bottom in a sequence.

4. The photodetecting unit according to claim 3, wherein the second structure comprises a third doped region, a second doped region and a first doped region with sequentially decreasing doping concentrations, the first doped region is disposed on the bottom wall, the second doped region extends from the top surface of the first doped region into the first doped region, the first doped region surrounds the bottom surface and the side surface of the second doped region, the third doped region is disposed on the upper surface of the second doped region, and the first photo-processed layer is formed on the third doped region.

5. The photodetecting unit according to claim 3, wherein the second structure comprises a third doped region, a second doped region and a first doped region with sequentially decreasing doping concentrations, the first doped region is disposed on the bottom wall, the second doped region penetrates the first doped region from the top surface of the first doped region and contacts with the bottom wall, the first doped region covers the side surface of the second doped region, the bottom wall covers the bottom surface of the second doped region, the third doped region is located on the upper surface layer of the second doped region, and the first photo-processed layer is formed on the third doped region.

6. The photodetecting unit according to claim 1, wherein the heavily doped region comprises a second heavily doped region and a first heavily doped region, the first heavily doped region is formed in the second heavily doped region, the doping concentration of the first heavily doped region is higher than the doping concentration of the second heavily doped region, the doping concentration of the second heavily doped region is higher than the doping concentration of the sidewall, and the first electrode is connected to the first heavily doped region.

7. The photodetecting unit according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the bottom wall is larger than the thickness of the second structure, and the doping concentration of the first structure gradually decreases from the bottom surface to the top surface of the first structure.

8. The photodetecting unit according to claim 7, characterized in that the heavily doped region comprises a third heavily doped region and a fourth heavily doped region, the doping concentration of the third heavily doped region being greater than the doping concentration of the fourth heavily doped region, the doping concentration of the fourth heavily doped region being greater than the doping concentration of the first structure, the fourth heavily doped region being located below the third heavily doped region and being in contact with the third heavily doped region.

9. The photodetecting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the size of the relief structure is in the nanometer scale, the longitudinal section of the relief structure is saw-toothed, and the grooves in the relief structure are in the shape of inverted pyramids.

10. The photodetecting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the size of the concave-convex structure is in the nanometer level, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is a square wave shape, and the cross-sectional shape of the projections and/or the grooves in the concave-convex structure is at least one of a regular polygon and a circle.

11. A photodetecting structure, characterized in that it comprises:

a plurality of photodetecting units, said photodetecting units being the photodetecting units according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The photodetecting structure according to claim 11 further comprising:

and the isolation structure is formed between the adjacent photoelectric detection units and comprises a dielectric material.

13. The photodetection structure according to claim 12 wherein said isolation structure is in contact with said heavily doped region.

14. The photodetection structure according to claim 12 wherein said isolation structure is spaced apart from said heavily doped region.

15. The photodetection structure according to claim 12 wherein said isolation structure extends to and is in contact with said bottom wall or said first substrate.

16. The photodetection structure according to any one of claims 12 to 15 wherein said isolation structure is formed by filling a trench, said isolation structure comprising:

the dielectric layer is formed on the inner wall of the groove;

and the filling structure is filled in the groove and comprises silicon oxide or polysilicon or metal.

17. A photodetector, comprising:

a second wafer comprising a second substrate and processing circuitry formed within the second substrate;

a first wafer comprising the photodetecting structure according to any of claims 11 to 16, the first electrode and the second electrode being led out from a front side of the first wafer, the front side of the first wafer being flip-chip bonded to the second wafer such that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the processing circuitry.

18. The photodetector of claim 17, further comprising:

and the second light processing layer is formed on the back surface of the first wafer, and the surface of the first light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure.

19. A preparation method of a photoelectric detection structure is characterized by comprising the following steps:

preparing a first substrate including a light reflecting structure;

growing an epitaxial layer on the first substrate, doping the epitaxial layer to form a plurality of photoelectric detection units, wherein each photoelectric detection unit comprises a first structure and a second structure formed in the first structure, the first structure of each photoelectric detection unit is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first structure is provided with a first doping type, and the second structure is provided with a second doping type;

doping the side wall of each photoelectric detection unit to form a heavily doped region with a first doping type, wherein the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

etching the surface of the second structure to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure;

forming an insulating layer covering the side wall and part of the second structure, wherein a quenching circuit is formed in the insulating layer;

forming a first electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the heavily doped region, and forming a second electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the quenching circuit and the second structure, respectively.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising: and forming grooves among the phase photoelectric detection units, forming a dielectric layer on the inner wall of the groove, and filling a filling structure in the groove to form an isolation structure.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the relief structure has a size in the order of nanometers, a longitudinal section of the relief structure is saw-toothed, and grooves in the relief structure are in an inverted pyramid shape.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the relief structure has a size in the order of nanometers, a longitudinal section of the relief structure is saw-toothed, and grooves in the relief structure are in an inverted pyramid shape;

and the step of opening the groove between the adjacent photoelectric detection units and the step of etching the surface of the second structure to form the first optical processing layer with the concave-convex structure are separately carried out.

23. The production method according to claim 20, wherein the size of the concavo-convex structure is on a nanometer scale, a longitudinal section of the concavo-convex structure is a square waveform, and a cross-sectional shape of the projections and/or the grooves in the concavo-convex structure is at least one of a regular polygon and a circle;

and etching the surface of the second structure to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure while forming a groove between the adjacent photoelectric detection units.

24. A method of fabricating a photodetector, comprising:

providing a first wafer and a second wafer, the first wafer comprising the photodetecting structure according to any of claims 11 to 16, the first electrode and the second electrode being led out from the front side of the first wafer; the second wafer comprises a second substrate and processing circuitry formed within the second substrate;

inverting the front side of the first wafer onto the second wafer such that the first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the processing circuitry;

thinning the back side of the first wafer;

and forming a second light processing layer on the back surface of the first wafer, wherein the surface of the second light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of photoelectric detection, in particular to a photoelectric detection unit, a photoelectric detection structure, a preparation method of the photoelectric detection structure, a photoelectric detector and a preparation method of the photoelectric detector.

Background

The photoelectric detection structure is a core structure of devices such as a laser radar, a ToF (Time of Flight) device and a depth imaging device, and along with the progress of science and technology, the detection precision requirement of the photoelectric detector is higher and higher. Factors affecting the detection accuracy include light absorption efficiency and noise interference inside the photodetection structure. According to the positive correlation between the light absorption efficiency and the light propagation path, at present, the light absorption efficiency is improved mainly by increasing the thickness of the light detection layer, and the light propagation path is increased by increasing the thickness of the light detection layer. However, increasing the thickness of the optical detection layer increases the processing difficulty of the optical detection structure and reduces the yield, and on the other hand, increasing the thickness of the optical detection layer also increases the jitter time and then reduces the detection accuracy.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, the application provides a new photoelectric detection unit, a photoelectric detection structure and a preparation method thereof, a photoelectric detector and a preparation method thereof, aiming at the technical problem that the detection precision of the current photoelectric detection structure is difficult to promote.

The application provides a photoelectric detection unit does:

a photodetecting unit comprising:

a first substrate;

a first structure having a first doping type and formed on the first substrate;

a second structure having a second doping type formed within the first structure, the first structure having a bottom wall and sidewalls surrounding a bottom surface and sides of the second structure;

the first light processing layer is formed on the upper surface of the second structure, and the surface of the first light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure;

the heavily doped region is provided with a first doping type and is formed in the side wall, and the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

a first electrode electrically connected to the heavily doped region; and

a second electrode electrically connected to the second structure.

The application provides a photoelectric detection structure does:

a photodetecting structure comprising:

a plurality of photodetecting units, said photodetecting units being any of the photodetecting units described above.

The application provides a photoelectric detector does:

a photodetector, comprising:

a second wafer comprising a second substrate and processing circuitry formed within the second substrate;

a first wafer comprising the photodetection structure according to any of the above, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are led out from a front surface of the first wafer, and the front surface of the first wafer is inverted on the second wafer, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the processing circuit.

The preparation method of the photoelectric detection structure provided by the application comprises the following steps:

a method for preparing a photoelectric detection structure comprises the following steps:

preparing a first substrate including a light reflecting structure;

growing an epitaxial layer on the first substrate, doping the epitaxial layer to form a plurality of photoelectric detection units, wherein each photoelectric detection unit comprises a first structure and a second structure formed in the first structure, the first structure of each photoelectric detection unit is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first structure is provided with a first doping type, and the second structure is provided with a second doping type;

doping the side wall of each photoelectric detection unit to form a heavily doped region with a first doping type, wherein the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

etching the surface of the second structure to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure;

forming an insulating layer covering the side wall and part of the second structure, wherein a quenching circuit is formed in the insulating layer;

forming a first electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the heavily doped region, and forming a second electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the quenching circuit and the second structure, respectively.

The preparation method of the photoelectric detector provided by the application comprises the following steps:

a method of fabricating a photodetector, comprising:

providing a first wafer and a second wafer, wherein the first wafer comprises the photodetection structure according to any one of the above, and the first electrode and the second electrode are led out from the front side of the first wafer; the second wafer comprises a second substrate and processing circuitry formed within the second substrate;

inverting the front side of the first wafer onto the second wafer such that the first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the processing circuitry;

thinning the back side of the first wafer;

and forming a second light processing layer on the back surface of the first wafer, wherein the surface of the second light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure.

The photoelectric detection unit, the photoelectric detection structure comprising the photoelectric detection unit, the photoelectric detector and the preparation method are characterized in that the photoelectric detection unit is formed on the first substrate, and the photoelectric detection layer specifically comprises a first structure and a second structure. The first structure with the first doping type and the second structure with the second doping type form a PN junction, and an avalanche interface is formed at the contact surface of the PN junction. When avalanche breakdown is formed at the PN junction, the current of the diode is in positive correlation with illumination, the stronger the illumination is, the larger the current is, and therefore the illumination intensity is reflected through the current, and photoelectric detection is realized. In this application, form first light on the optical detection layer and handle the layer, the surface on first light processing layer has concave-convex structure, and when light reached the photoelectric detection structure, the concave-convex surface on first light processing layer can make a round trip to reflect light, increases the propagation optical path of light on the optical detection layer, improves the light absorption efficiency on optical detection layer. Compared with the prior art, the light detection device has the advantages that the propagation optical path of light rays in the light detection layer is increased through the first light processing layer, so that the light absorption efficiency can be improved under the condition that the thickness of the light detection layer is not increased.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting unit according to a first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetector unit according to a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetector unit according to a third embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting unit according to a fourth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetector unit in a fifth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting unit according to a sixth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting unit according to a seventh embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting structure according to an eighth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting structure according to a ninth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting structure according to a tenth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetecting structure according to an eleventh embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional side view of a photodetector device in a twelfth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13a is a flowchart illustrating a method for fabricating a photodetecting structure according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13b is a flow chart illustrating steps of a method for fabricating a photodetecting structure according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a flow chart illustrating steps in a method for fabricating a photodetector device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15a to 15e are schematic structural diagrams corresponding to relevant steps of a manufacturing method of a photodetector in an embodiment of the present application.

Description of the symbols

100 a first substrate; 200 light detection layers; 210 a first structure; 211 a bottom wall; 212 sidewalls; 220 a second structure; 221 a first doped region; 222 a second doped region; 223 a third doped region; 230 a heavily doped region; 231 a first heavily doped region; 232 a second heavily doped region; 233 a third heavily doped region; 234 a fourth heavily doped region; 235 a fifth heavily doped region; 240 an isolation structure; 300 a first light management layer; 410 a first electrode; 420 a second electrode; 430 a quench circuit; 510 a convex lens; 520 an anti-reflective layer; 610 a second substrate; 620 a processing circuit; 700 a second light management layer; 800 a passivation layer; j1 first wafer; j2 second wafer.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The first embodiment:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a first embodiment.

The photodetecting unit includes a first substrate 100 and a photodetecting layer 200 formed on the first substrate 100. The light detecting layer 200 specifically includes a first structure 210 disposed on the first substrate 100, and a second structure 220 formed in the first structure 210. Wherein the side and bottom surfaces of the second structure 220 are surrounded by the first structure 210 and the top surface of the second structure 220 is not in contact with the first structure 210, i.e. the first structure 210 has a bottom wall 211 in contact with the bottom surface of the second structure 220 and side walls 212 in contact with the side surfaces of the second structure 220.

The second structure 220 is provided with a first light processing layer 300, and the surface of the first light processing layer 300 has a concave-convex structure.

A heavily doped region 230 is also formed in the sidewall 212 and extends from the top surface of the sidewall 212 to the inside of the sidewall 212, and the doping concentration of the heavily doped region 230 is greater than that of the sidewall 212. The heavily doped region 230 is connected to the first electrode 410, and the second structure 220 is connected to the second electrode 420.

The first structure 210 and the heavily doped region 230 have a first doping type, and the second structure 220 has a second doping type, wherein the doping properties of the first doping type and the second doping type are opposite. Specifically, the first doping type may be N-type and the second doping type may be P-type, or the first doping type may be P-type and the second doping type may be N-type.

In the above-mentioned photo-detection unit, the first structure 210 and the second structure 220 with different doping types actually form a PN junction, and the PN junction forms the photo-detection layer 200. Since the longer the optical path length of light propagating in the optical detection layer 200, the higher the absorption efficiency, in this application, the first optical processing layer 300 is disposed on the optical detection layer 200, and since the first optical processing layer 300 has a concave-convex surface, when the light propagates to the first optical processing layer 300, the concave-convex surface of the first optical processing layer 300 can emit the light multiple times, thereby increasing the optical path length of light propagating in the optical detection layer 200, and thus improving the optical absorption efficiency of the photodetection structure.

In an embodiment, the first light processing layer 300 may be a separate layer independent from the second structure 220, or may be an upper surface layer of the second structure 220, that is, the upper surface of the second structure 220 is processed to form the concave-convex structure. Specifically, the concave-convex structure size of the first light processing layer 300 is in nano level, the thickness of the first light processing layer can be basically ignored, and compared with the mode that the thickness of the whole light detection layer is increased by increasing the thickness of the first structure or the second structure in the traditional technology, the propagation optical path of light in the light detection layer is increased to improve the light absorption efficiency, the light absorption efficiency can be improved basically without increasing the thickness of the light detection layer in the application, and the problems caused by the fact that the thickness of the light detection layer is increased are solved.

Further, the shape of the concavo-convex structure has various forms. In one embodiment, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is saw-toothed, and the grooves of the concave-convex structure are inverted pyramid-shaped. In another embodiment, the longitudinal section of the concavo-convex structure is a square wave shape, and the cross section of the groove and/or the protrusion in the convex structure is formed in at least one of a regular polygon and a circle. Further, a protective layer may be formed on the first photo-processing layer 300 to protect the first photo-processing layer 300.

Specifically, the doping types of the first photo-processing layer 300 and the second structure 220 are opposite, if the second structure 220 is doped N-type, the first photo-processing layer 300 is doped P-type, which is beneficial to controlling the noise carriers generated on the surface without entering into the depletion layer, thereby effectively reducing the dark count.

Further, the photodetection unit further includes a quenching circuit 430, the quenching circuit 430 may be specifically a quenching resistor, one end of the second electrode 420 is in contact with the second structure 220, and the other end is connected to the quenching circuit 430. Specifically, an insulating layer is disposed on top surfaces of the first structure 210 and the second structure 220, the insulating layer covers the sidewall 212 of the first structure 210 and a portion of the second structure 220, the quenching circuit 430 is disposed in the insulating layer, and the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420 penetrate through the insulating layer and are led out to the surface of the structure.

In one embodiment, the first substrate 100 includes a light emitting structure with light reflection, and particularly, a DBR (bragg reflector) structure may be provided. Specifically, the first substrate 100 may be a semiconductor substrate or an SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator, Silicon On an insulating substrate) substrate, in which a buried oxide layer is introduced into the middle of the SOI substrate, or may be a metal substrate. When the first substrate 100 is a metal substrate, an insulating layer is disposed between the metal substrate and the bottom wall 211 for electrical isolation.

In one embodiment, the doping concentration of the bottom wall 211 of the first structure 210 is higher than that of the sidewall 212, so that the PN junction breakdown occurs at the contact surface between the second structure 220 and the bottom wall 211, but not at the contact surface between the second structure 220 and the sidewall 212.

In one embodiment, the thickness of the second structure 220 is greater than the thickness of the bottom wall 211, so as to increase the propagation optical path of light in the second structure 220. Specifically, the thickness of the light detecting layer 200 is in the range of [2 μm, 10 μm ], and the thickness of the bottom wall 211 is not more than 5 μm.

In one embodiment, the doping concentration of the second structure 220 decreases from top to bottom sequentially, i.e., the doping concentration at the top of the second structure 220 is greater than the doping concentration at the bottom, and a potential difference is formed by different doping concentration gradients, which is beneficial for the movement of the photo-generated carriers from the top to the bottom.

Specifically, the second structure 220 includes a third doped region 223, a second doped region 222 and a first doped region 221, in which the doping concentration decreases gradually, wherein the first doped region 221 is disposed on the bottom wall 211, the second doped region 222 extends from the top surface of the first doped region 221 to the inside of the first doped region 221, the third doped region 223 is located on the upper surface of the second doped region 222, and the first photo-processing layer 300 is formed on the upper surface of the third doped region 223. Further, the extension depth of the second doped region 222 in the first doped region 221 can be set according to the parameters of avalanche voltage, light absorption efficiency, and impulse response. In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the first doping region 221 surrounds the bottom and the side of the second doping region 222, and the bottom of the second doping region 222 is not in contact with the bottom wall 211.

The design of the heavily doped region 230 has various forms. In this embodiment, the heavily doped region 230 includes a second heavily doped region 232 and a first heavily doped region 231, the first heavily doped region 231 is formed in the second heavily doped region 232, the doping concentrations of the sidewall 212, the second heavily doped region 232 and the first heavily doped region 231 are sequentially increased, and the contact resistance between the first electrode 410 and the sidewall 212 can be reduced by leading the first electrode 410 out of the sidewall 212 through the heavily doped region 230.

Second embodiment:

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a second embodiment.

The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that in the second embodiment, the bottom of the second doping region 222 extends to the bottom wall 211 and contacts with the bottom wall 211, that is, the second doping region 222 penetrates through the first doping region 221 and contacts with the bottom wall 211, the first doping region 221 covers the side surface of the second doping region 222, and the bottom wall 211 covers the bottom surface of the second doping region 222.

The third embodiment:

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a third embodiment.

The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that, in the third embodiment, the heavily doped region 230 may include only the first heavily doped region 231.

The fourth embodiment:

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a fourth embodiment.

The fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that, in the fourth embodiment, the heavily doped region 230 may include only the first heavily doped region 231. Meanwhile, the bottom of the second doped region 222 extends to the bottom wall 211 and contacts the bottom wall 211, that is, the second doped region 222 penetrates through the first doped region 221 and contacts the bottom wall 211, the first doped region 221 covers the side surface of the second doped region 222, and the bottom wall 211 covers the bottom surface of the second doped region 222.

Fifth embodiment:

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in the fifth embodiment.

The fifth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that in the fifth embodiment, the second structure 220 is formed on the upper surface of the first structure 210, the thickness of the bottom wall of the first structure 210 is greater than that of the second structure 220, and the doping concentration of the first structure 210 gradually decreases from the bottom surface to the top surface of the first structure 210. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the heavily doped region 230 includes a third heavily doped region 233 and a fourth heavily doped region 234, and the doping concentrations of the third heavily doped region 233, the fourth heavily doped region 234 and the first structure 210 decrease in sequence, wherein the fourth heavily doped region 234 is located below the third heavily doped region 233 and contacts with the third heavily doped region 233 to increase the depth of the heavily doped region 230, so that the depth of the heavily doped region 230 is greater than that of the second structure 220, and the heavily doped region 230 can not only extract the first electrode 410 and increase the depth of the heavily doped region 230, but also electrically isolate adjacent photodetection units. Further, under the fourth heavily doped region 234, a fifth heavily doped region 235 may be further formed in contact with the fourth heavily doped region 234, and the fourth doped region 234 and the fifth doped region 235 may be formed through plasma implantation processes of different energies.

Sixth embodiment:

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a sixth embodiment.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, a convex lens 510 is disposed on the first light processing layer 300, and external light can be focused on the first light processing layer 300 of the photodetecting unit through the convex lens 510, thereby improving the light sensing performance of the photodetecting unit. It is understood that the convex lens 510 is specifically disposed on the topmost layer on the side of the photo-detection unit receiving the illumination light.

Seventh embodiment:

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetecting unit in a seventh embodiment.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, an anti-reflection layer 520 is disposed on the first photo-processing layer 300, and the reflection of light from the surface of the structure is reduced by the anti-reflection layer 520, so that more light is incident on the first photo-processing layer 300, and the light sensing performance of the photo-detection unit is improved. It is understood that the anti-reflection layer 520 is specifically disposed on the topmost layer on the side of the photo detection unit receiving the illumination light.

The application also relates to a photodetection structure comprising the above-mentioned photodetection unit. The photodetecting structure may comprise a plurality of the above-mentioned photodetecting units. The following description is given by way of specific examples.

Eighth embodiment:

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetection structure in an eighth embodiment.

In the eighth embodiment, when the left and right photodetecting units are juxtaposed, the left and right photodetecting units share the middle sidewall 212, the heavily doped region 230 in the sidewall 212, and the first electrode 410, i.e., the first electrodes 410 of the left and right photodetecting units are connected in parallel. In this embodiment, the photodetecting unit may specifically select the photodetecting unit in any one of the first to fourth embodiments. The specific structure of the photo-detecting unit has been described above, and is not described herein.

Ninth embodiment:

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetection structure in the ninth embodiment.

The ninth embodiment is different from the eighth embodiment in that in the ninth embodiment, the photodetecting unit is employed as the photodetecting unit in the fifth embodiment. The specific structure of the photo-detecting unit has been described above, and is not described herein.

Tenth embodiment:

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetection structure in the tenth embodiment.

The tenth embodiment is different from the eighth embodiment or the ninth embodiment in that an isolation structure 240 is further provided between adjacent photodetecting units. The isolation structure 240 is located between the opposite sidewalls 212 of the adjacent photo-detection units, and in particular, the isolation structure 240 is spaced apart from the heavily doped region 230. The heavily doped region includes a dielectric material therein, and adjacent photo-detection units can be electrically isolated by the isolation structure 240. The adjacent photoelectric detection units are isolated by the isolation structure 240, so that mutual interference of electric signals between the adjacent photoelectric detection units is avoided, and the signal-to-noise ratio is improved.

Specifically, the isolation structure 240 is formed by filling a trench, and the isolation structure 240 specifically includes a dielectric layer formed on an inner wall of the trench and a filling structure filled in the trench, where the dielectric layer may be specifically silicon nitride or a silicon oxide layer, and the filling structure may be silicon oxide or polysilicon or metal, when the filling structure is silicon oxide, the isolation structure 240 has an electrical isolation effect, and when the filling structure is polysilicon or metal, the isolation structure 240 has electrical isolation and optical isolation effects.

Specifically, the depth of the isolation structure 240 may be specifically designed according to actual situations, for example, in the present embodiment, the isolation structure 240 extends to the bottom wall 211 or the first substrate 100 and contacts with the bottom wall 211 or the first substrate 100, so as to achieve a better isolation effect. In other embodiments, the depth of the isolation structure 240 may be appropriately reduced, and the isolation structure 240 is located above the bottom wall 211 and is not in contact with the bottom wall 211.

Eleventh embodiment:

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetection structure in the eleventh embodiment.

The eleventh embodiment is different from the tenth embodiment in that the isolation structure 240 is in contact with the heavily doped region 230, so as to minimize the area occupied by the isolation structure 240 and improve the device integration level. Further, the isolation structure 240 is in contact with the first heavily doped region 231 in the heavily doped region 230.

The application also relates to a photoelectric detector which comprises any one of the photoelectric detection structures.

Twelfth embodiment:

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a photodetector in the twelfth embodiment.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 12, the photodetector includes a first wafer J1 and a second wafer J2, wherein the second wafer J2 includes a second substrate 610 and a processing circuit 620 formed in the second substrate 610; the first wafer J1 includes any of the photodetection structures described above, the core of which is the photodetection layer 200 composed of the first structure 210 and the second structure 220, and the second structure 220 has the first photo-processed layer 300 formed thereon. In the first wafer J1, a first substrate is located on the back surface of the first wafer J1, the first substrate may be a silicon substrate, the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420 are led out from the front surface of the first wafer J1, the processing circuit 620 in the second wafer J2 has a connection terminal on the front surface of the second wafer J2, and the front surface of the first wafer J1 is bonded to the front surface of the second wafer J2, so that the first electrode 410 and the second electrode 420 are in contact with the connection terminal of the processing circuit 620, and the photodetection layer 200 is electrically connected to the processing circuit 620.

In order to further enhance the light absorption efficiency of the light detection layer 200, after the front surface of the first wafer J1 is bonded to the second wafer J2, the first substrate on the back surface of the first wafer J1 may be thinned, and the second light processing layer 700 may be formed on the back surface of the first wafer J1, and the surface of the second light processing layer 700 may also have a concave-convex structure, so that the light absorption efficiency of the light detection layer 200 may be further improved by combining the first light processing layer 300 and the second light processing layer 700. Specifically, the second optical processing layer 700 has the same shape as the first optical processing layer 300, and is not described herein again.

The application also relates to a preparation method of the photoelectric detection structure, which comprises the following steps:

preparing a first substrate: preparing a first substrate including a light reflecting structure;

preparing a photoelectric detection layer: growing an epitaxial layer on the first substrate, doping the epitaxial layer to form a plurality of photoelectric detection units, wherein each photoelectric detection unit comprises a first structure and a second structure formed in the first structure, and in each photoelectric detection unit, the first structure is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first structure is provided with a first doping type, and the second structure is provided with a second doping type;

preparing a heavily doped region: doping the side wall in each photoelectric detection unit to form a heavily doped region with a first doping type, wherein the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

preparing a first optical treatment layer: etching the surface of the second structure to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure;

preparing a quenching circuit: forming an insulating layer covering the side wall and part of the second structure, wherein a quenching circuit is formed in the insulating layer;

preparing an electrode: forming a first electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the heavily doped region, and forming a second electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the quenching circuit and the second structure, respectively.

It should be noted that, the above preparation process does not limit the sequence of the steps, and the sequence of the steps can be adjusted according to actual situations.

The step of preparing the first optical treatment layer can adjust the operation time of the step according to the specific appearance of the first optical treatment layer.

In one embodiment, the concave-convex structure of the first optical processing layer 300 has a size in the nanometer level, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is zigzag, and the grooves in the concave-convex structure are inverted pyramid-shaped.

In an embodiment, the preparing step further includes:

preparing an isolation structure: and forming grooves among the phase photoelectric detection units, forming a dielectric layer on the inner wall of the groove, and filling a filling structure in the groove to form an isolation structure.

At this time, when the size of the concave-convex structure of the first optical processing layer 300 is in the nanometer level, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is zigzag, and the grooves in the concave-convex structure are in the inverted pyramid shape, the corresponding steps of preparing the photodetecting structure are performed according to the flowchart shown in fig. 13a, specifically:

step S110: a first substrate is prepared, the first substrate including a light reflecting structure.

Specifically, the first substrate 100 may be an SOI substrate, or the first substrate 100 has a DBR (bragg reflector) structure, or the first substrate 100 includes a metal substrate.

Step S120: growing an epitaxial layer on the first substrate, doping the epitaxial layer to form a plurality of photoelectric detection units, wherein each photoelectric detection unit comprises a first structure and a second structure formed in the first structure, and in each photoelectric detection unit, the first structure is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first structure is provided with a first doping type, and the second structure is provided with a second doping type.

Specifically, referring to fig. 10, an epitaxial layer on the first substrate 100 is doped to form a plurality of photodetecting units, wherein the structure of the photodetecting units is described above in detail and is not described herein again. In this step, the doping sequence of the epitaxial layer can be flexibly adjusted. In an embodiment, a bottom epitaxial layer may be formed first, plasma implantation is performed on the bottom epitaxial layer to form a bottom wall 211, then a top epitaxial layer continues to grow on the bottom wall 211, and then plasma implantation is performed on the top epitaxial layer to form a second structure 220 located on the bottom wall 211 and a sidewall 212 surrounding a side of the second structure 220, respectively, where the bottom wall 211 and the sidewall 212 both have a first doping type, and the two are connected together to form a first structure 210. In another embodiment, the first structure 210 and the second structure 220 may be formed by forming a complete epitaxial layer and then performing plasma implantation with different energies.

Step S130: and forming a groove between the adjacent photoelectric detection units, forming a dielectric layer on the inner wall of the groove, and filling a filling structure in the groove to form an isolation structure.

Specifically, referring to fig. 10, a trench is formed between adjacent photodetecting units through an etching process, a dielectric layer is formed on an inner wall of the trench, and a filling structure is filled in the trench to form an isolation structure 240.

Specifically, the depth of the trench may be designed according to actual situations, and in one embodiment, the isolation structure 240 extends to the bottom wall 211 or the first substrate 100 and contacts the bottom wall 211 or the first substrate 100 to achieve a better isolation effect. In other embodiments, the depth of the isolation structure 240 may be appropriately reduced, and the isolation structure 240 is located above the bottom wall 211 and is not in contact with the bottom wall 211.

Specifically, the dielectric layer formed on the inner wall of the trench may be silicon oxide, and the filling structure filled in the trench may be silicon oxide, polysilicon, or metal. When the filling material is Silicon oxide, the isolation structure 240 has only an electrical isolation effect but no optical isolation effect, such as a Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), which connects the output signals of all the subunits together, and has only one signal output, and the SiPM is not sensitive to which subunit the signal light is specifically triggered, so that the detection performance of the whole device is not affected even if crosstalk of the signal light occurs, and the crosstalk is more favorable for improving the absorption efficiency of the SiPM in the light trapping structure. When the filling material is polysilicon or metal, the isolation structure 240 can be electrically isolated or optically isolated, and the scheme is suitable for sipms and Single-Photon Avalanche diodes (SPAD array detectors for short).

Step S140: and doping the side wall in each photoelectric detection unit to form a heavily doped region with a first doping type, wherein the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall.

Step S150: and etching the surface of the second structure to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure.

The surface of the second structure 220 is etched to form the first optical processing layer 300 having a concave-convex structure, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is zigzag, and the grooves in the concave-convex structure are inverted pyramid-shaped.

Step S160: and forming an insulating layer covering the side wall and part of the second structure, wherein a quenching circuit is formed in the insulating layer.

Step S170: forming a first electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the heavily doped region, and forming a second electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the quenching circuit and the second structure, respectively.

Through the steps S110 to S170, a photodetection structure can be formed.

In another embodiment, the size of the concave-convex structure of the first optical processing layer 300 is in the nanometer level, the longitudinal section of the concave-convex structure is a square waveform, and the cross-sectional shape of the protrusions and/or the grooves in the concave-convex structure is at least one of a regular polygon and a circle, in this case, step S150 in the above-mentioned preparation process may be merged to step S130, and the corresponding preparation steps of the photodetection structure are performed according to the flowchart shown in fig. 13b, specifically:

step S210: preparing a first substrate including a light reflecting structure;

step S220: growing an epitaxial layer on the first substrate, doping the epitaxial layer to form a plurality of photoelectric detection units, wherein each photoelectric detection unit comprises a first structure and a second structure formed in the first structure, and in each photoelectric detection unit, the first structure is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first structure is provided with a first doping type, and the second structure is provided with a second doping type;

step S230: simultaneously, a groove is formed between the adjacent photoelectric detection units, the surface of the second structure is etched to form a first optical processing layer with a concave-convex structure, a dielectric layer is formed on the inner wall of the groove, and a filling structure is filled in the groove to form an isolation structure;

step S240: doping the side wall in each photoelectric detection unit to form a heavily doped region with a first doping type, wherein the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall;

step S250: forming an insulating layer covering the side wall and part of the second structure, wherein a quenching circuit is formed in the insulating layer;

step S260: forming a first electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the heavily doped region, and forming a second electrode penetrating the insulating layer to be electrically connected with the quenching circuit and the second structure, respectively.

Through steps S210 to S260, another photodetection structure may be formed.

The present application also relates to a method for manufacturing a photodetector, as shown in fig. 14, the method comprising the steps of:

step S310: providing a first wafer and a second wafer, the first wafer comprising a photodetecting structure; the second wafer comprises a second substrate and processing circuitry formed within the second substrate; the photoelectric detection structure comprises a first substrate, and a first structure, a second structure, a first light processing layer, a heavily doped region, a first electrode and a second electrode which are formed on the first substrate, wherein the second structure is formed in the first structure, the first structure is provided with a bottom wall and a side wall which surround the bottom surface and the side surface of the second structure, the first light processing layer is formed on the upper surface of the second structure, the surface of the first light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure, the heavily doped region is formed in the side wall, and the doping concentration of the heavily doped region is greater than that of the side wall; the first electrode is electrically connected with the heavily doped region; the second electrode is electrically connected with the second structure, the first electrode and the second electrode are led out from the front surface of the first wafer, the first structure and the heavily doped region are of a first doping type, and the second structure is of a second doping type.

As shown in fig. 15a, a first wafer J1 and a second wafer J2 are provided. The second wafer J2 includes a second substrate 610 and a processing circuit 620 integrated in the second substrate 610. The first wafer J1 includes a first substrate 100 and a photo-detecting layer 200 formed on the front surface of the first substrate 100. Referring to fig. 1, the light detecting layer 200 includes a first structure 210 and a second structure 220, and the first structure 210 and the second structure 220 form a PN junction. The first light processing layer 300 is disposed on the second structure 220 for reflecting light multiple times to increase the optical path. The detailed description of the photodetection structure has been described above, and is not repeated herein. It is understood that an insulating layer and a quenching circuit can be further provided on the top layer of the first wafer J1.

Step S320: and the front surface of the first wafer is inverted on the second wafer, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected with the processing circuit.

As shown in fig. 15b, the front surface of the first wafer J1 is flipped over the second wafer J2, and the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the processing circuit 620. Specifically, in the first wafer J1, the first substrate is located on the back surface of the first wafer J1, the first electrode and the second electrode are led out from the front surface of the first wafer J1, the process circuit 620 in the second wafer J2 has a connection terminal on the front surface of the second wafer, and the front surface of the first wafer J1 is bonded to the front surface of the second wafer J2 so that the first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with the connection terminal of the process circuit, thereby electrically connecting the photodetecting layer and the process circuit.

Step S330: and thinning the back surface of the first wafer.

As shown in fig. 15c, after the front surface of the first wafer J1 is bonded to the second wafer J2, the back surface of the first wafer J1, specifically, the back surface of the first substrate in the first wafer J1, is thinned to reduce the light blocking effect of the film layer on the light detecting layer 200.

Step S340: and forming a second light processing layer on the back surface of the first wafer, wherein the surface of the second light processing layer is provided with a concave-convex structure.

As shown in fig. 15d, a second optical processing layer 700 is formed on the back surface of the first wafer J1, and the second optical processing layer 700 and the first optical processing layer 300 both have the same function and are used for reflecting light multiple times to increase the optical path length and improve the light absorption efficiency of the optical detection layer 200. Further, as shown in fig. 15e, a passivation layer 800 is formed on the second photo-processed layer 700 to protect the underlying structure.

The above examples only show some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.