Infrared Technology, Volume. 46, Issue 3, 342(2024)

Dark Current of Aluminum Oxide Passivation Film BCMOS Sensor Increased by Low Energy Electron Bombardment

Lei YAN1...2, Feng SHI1,2,*, Hongchang CHENG1,2, Gangcheng JIAO1,2, Ye YANG1,2, Chao XIAO1,2, Haibo FAN1,2, Zhou ZHEN1,2, Haichen DONG1,2, and Huiyang HE12 |Show fewer author(s)
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    This study designed a buried channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (BCMOS) image sensor experiment to address increased dark current caused by low-energy electron bombardment (300 eV to 1500 eV) on the alumina passivation layer. For a CMOS image sensor with a 10 nm alumina passivation layer, an increase in the dark current rate is obvious when the bombardment energy is greater than 600 eV. When the bombardment electron energy does not exceed 1.5 keV, the dark current has a maximum value of about 12000 e-/pixel/s. Finally, after electron bombardment, the dark current of the CMOS image sensor decreased exponentially when the sensor was placed in an electronic drying cabinet. The main reason for the above phenomenon is the increased defect states at the interface between alumina passivation layer and silicon caused by incident electrons.

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    YAN Lei, SHI Feng, CHENG Hongchang, JIAO Gangcheng, YANG Ye, XIAO Chao, FAN Haibo, ZHEN Zhou, DONG Haichen, HE Huiyang. Dark Current of Aluminum Oxide Passivation Film BCMOS Sensor Increased by Low Energy Electron Bombardment[J]. Infrared Technology, 2024, 46(3): 342

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    Received: May. 6, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 2, 2024

    The Author Email: Feng SHI (shfyf@126.com)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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