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WO2002019438A1
WO2002019438A1 PCT/SE2001/001877 SE0101877W WO0219438A1 WO 2002019438 A1 WO2002019438 A1 WO 2002019438A1 SE 0101877 W SE0101877 W SE 0101877W WO 0219438 A1 WO0219438 A1 WO 0219438A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method and arrangement relating to optical sensors and specially position sensitive sensors, comprising an analogue photo-diode for sensing the position of an incidence light spot on its active surface.
  • a Position Sensitive Detector can be used in for distance measurement, gauging, alignment and similar applications. Usually, it is possible to choose the properties of the light used for the measurement, specially the wavelength, power, and the modulation.
  • optical or electrical filtration To reduce the influence of additional light sources than the light to be measured, usually two techniques are used: optical or electrical filtration.
  • the electrical filtration involves amplitude modulation of the measured light, such as the sunlight or a low modulated light, such as light from fluorescent tubes.
  • optical filtration can be used, which implies that only light with same wavelength as the measured light is allowed to fall onto the PSD.
  • disadvantageous involved such as:
  • PSD is described in WO9608702, which relates to a photodetector for measuring the position of an incident light beam on an active surface area of the detector includes an inactive area and a concentric stray light absorbing area, both of which outwardly surround the light- absorbing active area. All light incident on the stray light-absorbing area and the inactive area will generate a photoelectric current, which is conducted to an earth ground via an electrode in the stray-light area. An electrical signal from the active area representing a position of the measured light in the active area will be unaffected by any stray light incident on the detector externally of the active area.
  • an infrared photodetector sensitive to the wavelength in the 0.8 to 1.1 ⁇ m range comprises a silicon substrate with high sensitivity, a diffusion layer defining a PN junction, and a CdTe layer, as filter, placed on the face close to the PN junction, for stopping radiations of wave lengths shorter than 0.8 ⁇ m.
  • a monocrystal (1) undergoes a treatment of mechanical and chemical polishing. Impurities of N type, phosphorus in the present case, are then diffused. The face intended to receive the radiation is masked and a chemical attack is affected, then the masking layer is removed. A PN junction (3) is thus obtained.
  • the contacts are then made by evaporation.
  • the contacts (4) and the end contact (5) of the face exposed to the radiation are in comb form in order to represent the minimum surface, whilst the opposite face bears a continuous contact (6).
  • the end contact (5) is masked and a layer (7) of CdTe is deposited on the face exposed to radiation. This deposit is affected by a technique such as thermal evaporation or cathodic sputtering.
  • a non-reflecting layer (8) of oxide is then deposited on the layer of CdTe, in order to reduce the losses by reflection in the useful spectral range and thus to improve the spectral response.
  • the mask of the contact (5) is finally removed.
  • US 4,871,118 discloses a light-sensitive device comprising: at least one light-sensitive element having a surface for receiving an incident light, and at least one colour filter made from a polyamide resin mixed with an organic pigment, applied on the light-receiving surface of the light-sensitive element.
  • a manufacturing method of a light-sensitive device having one or more light-sensitive regions comprising the steps of: applying at least one colour filter layer on the light-receiving surface of a light-sensitive region formed on a wafer of a semiconductor material, said layer being made from a polyamide resin containing an organic pigment; dicing said wafer into individual chips; bonding one of said chips to a lead frame member having electrical lead means; bonding electrical wires between the chip and said electrical lead means of said lead frame member for the connection to at least one external device; and moulding said chip bonded to said lead frame members with a resin.
  • a color image sensor of the type that reads color images with the aid of filters that absorb light of different colors (e.g. red, green and blue) and that are provided over arrays of light-receiving devices formed in a plurality of rows on a common substrate.
  • filters that absorb light of different colors (e.g. red, green and blue) and that are provided over arrays of light-receiving devices formed in a plurality of rows on a common substrate.
  • the color image sensor includes a substrate, light-receiving devices formed on the substrate, thin- film transistors that are connected to the light-receiving devices and that are formed on the substrate, an insulating layer that covers the thin-film transistors and the light-receiving devices, a color filter formed on the insulating layer in such a position that it covers the light-receiving devices, and a light-shielding layer formed on the insulating layer in such a position that it covers the thin-film transistors.
  • color filters (34a-34c) for different colors are arranged spaced apart from the sensor electrodes (21, 23) by means of a protective layer (33a, 33b).
  • the filter material consists of a clear photosensitive resin provided with an organic pigment.
  • a color photosensor which includes a plurality of closely arranged sensor units, is disclosed in US 5,274,250.
  • Each sensor includes a color filter provided at a position corresponding to that of a photoreceptor.
  • the color filter comprises at least one of coloring matter layers selected from the following groups (A), (B) and (C):
  • a red coloring matter layer including, as a main component, perylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives selected from the following structural formulas (I) and (II): (I) (II) where Rl denotes hydrogen, an alkyl group or an allyl group;
  • B) a green coloring matter layer including, as a main component, phthalocyanine coloring matter, a combination of phthalocyanine coloring matter and isoindolenone coloring matter, or a combination of phthalocyanine coloring matter and authraquinone coloring matter;
  • C a blue coloring matter layer including, as a main component, phthalocyanine coloring matter, or a combination of
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide a filtering arrangement, which solves above-mentioned problems related with conventional optical and electrical filtrations.
  • the present invention a non-organic (hard) material is used as a wave selective filter or band pass filter, while the prior art uses organic material as colour filter.
  • the advantages are that using the nonorganic material a better protection of the sensor elements is achieved.
  • the wave selective filter according to the present invention is applied directly on the sensor while the prior art uses a protective layer and thus an additional manufacturing step.
  • the position sensitive detector comprising a substrate having an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts, further comprises an optical filter coating, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength made of a nonorganic, directly applied on said photosensitive surface.
  • the optical filter consists of one or several of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ), titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), dielectric oxides, being one of Nb 2 O 5 , Ta 2 O 5 , ZrO 2 , WO 3 and Al 2 O 3 , Fluorides or different types of metals for different filter layers.
  • the substrate is made of silicon on which said photosensitive area is doped with boron; preferably the silicon is n-type with high-resistance.
  • the invention also relates to a position sensitive detector arrangement comprising at least two position sensitive detectors arranged on a substrate and each comprising an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts.
  • Each of said detectors further comprises a corresponding optical filter coating made of a nonorganic, each constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly applied on said photosensitive surfaces.
  • a method of filtering unwanted wavelengths is provided according to the invention in a position sensitive detector comprising a substrate having an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts.
  • the method comprises applying directly on said photosensitive surface an optical filter coating made of a nonorganic, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength.
  • a method of manufacturing a position sensitive detector comprising the steps of: for each layer of wavelength selective filter material to be deposited on said photosensitive area: bringing said substrate provided with said photo sensitive area in a vacuum chamber, containing a wavelength selective filter material, using an electron gun is to split atoms from said wavelength selective filter material to be deposited as the filter on the photosensitive surface, and providing ion plasma in said chamber contributing with energy to the reaction, which result in a more dense attachment of the filter material onto the silicon wafer and denser coating.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-section through an embodiment according to prior art
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic cross-section through an embodiment according to the invention
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a schematic view from above of another embodiment according to the invention.
  • the basic idea behind the invention is to apply the coating, which constitutes the wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly onto the PSD active surface.
  • the coating is provided as a moment under the manufacturing process of the silicon wafer being arranged with the PSD.
  • the patterns can be made trough lift-off, Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) or Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD).
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional view through a PSD arrangement 20 provided with an optical filter according to the invention.
  • the arrangement comprises a PSD chip 21 comprising a silicon substrate 22 arranged with a light sensitive surface 23.
  • Contact pads 24 are arranged in connection with the active surface 23.
  • the edges of the chip are provided with silicon oxide 25.
  • a contact plate 26 is arranged under the substrate 22.
  • the substrate is arranged on a carrier 27.
  • the optical filter 28 is provided directly on the active light sensitive surface 23.
  • IAD is suitable for hard and compact filters.
  • the material to be coated for example, a silicon wafer provided with the photodiodes is placed in a vacuum chamber, which also contains the filter material.
  • An electron gun is used to split atoms from the material to be deposited as the filter on the photodiode active surface.
  • In the chamber is also an ion source, such as argon (Ar), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N) etc.
  • the ion plasma contributes energy to the reaction, which result in a more dense attachment of the filter material onto the silicon wafer and denser coating.
  • Each material is exposed for the electron gun and the ion plasma under an adequate time period to build a layer with suitable thickness.
  • the filter material may consist of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) or titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), other dielectric oxides such as Nb2O5, Ta 2 O 5 , ZrO 2 , WO 3 and Al 2 O , Fluorides and different types of metals for different layers.
  • the photodiode active surface can be provided with passivator and anti-reflex coating made of silicon oxide. A thicker layer of silicon oxide can also be applied to the inactive area of the substrate.
  • connector material can be any conductive material, specially aluminium (Al) or gold (preferably in combination with chromium or NiCr as attachment material between the gold and the substrate).
  • the substrate may, for example, be made of silicon (e.g. n-type with high-resistance), on which the active area is doped with boron (p-type).
  • the silicon chip with the photodiode can be mounted on a ceramic substrate or in a package, made of metal, plastics, ceramic etc., provided with contact pads.
  • FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of a PSD arrangement 30 comprising two PSDs 31 A and 3 IB, each having a set of connector pads 34. However, each PDS 31 A, 3 IB is provided with an optical filter 38 A and 38B, respectively, for different wavelengths.

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The present invention relates to a position sensitive detector (20) comprising a substrate (21) having an area provided with a photosensitive surface (23) and electrical contacts (24, 26). The detector (20) comprises an optical filter coating (28) made of a nonorganic material, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly applied on said photosensitive surface (23).

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A POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTOR WITH OPTICAL FILTER-COATING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and arrangement relating to optical sensors and specially position sensitive sensors, comprising an analogue photo-diode for sensing the position of an incidence light spot on its active surface.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
A Position Sensitive Detector (PSD) can be used in for distance measurement, gauging, alignment and similar applications. Usually, it is possible to choose the properties of the light used for the measurement, specially the wavelength, power, and the modulation.
To reduce the influence of additional light sources than the light to be measured, usually two techniques are used: optical or electrical filtration.
The electrical filtration involves amplitude modulation of the measured light, such as the sunlight or a low modulated light, such as light from fluorescent tubes.
However, there are applications where the electrical filtration is not enough, for example in environments with intense light the PSD saturates and does not produce a usable output signal from the measured light. In this case, optical filtration (OF) can be used, which implies that only light with same wavelength as the measured light is allowed to fall onto the PSD.
Moreover, OF simplifies the output processing electronic, which gives OF several advantages.
To optically filter a PSD, a glass coated with an optical filtering layer, as shown in fig. 1, which is a schematic cross-sectional view through a PSD arrangement 10 comprises a PSD chip 11 comprising a Silicon substrate 12 arranged with a light sensitive surface 13. Contact pads 14 are arranged in connection with the active surface 13. The edges of the chip are provided with silicon oxide 15. A contact plate 16 is arranged under the substrate 12. The substrate is arranged inside a package 17, which also supports an optical filter 18 one side of glass plate 19. However, there are some disadvantageous involved, such as:
- the component, comprising PSD and filter, becomes unnecessary large due to the filter, - too heavy, due to the glass carrying the filter,
- risk of light leakage through the j oints,
- only one type of filter can be used for different active surfaces on one chip.
Another PSD is described in WO9608702, which relates to a photodetector for measuring the position of an incident light beam on an active surface area of the detector includes an inactive area and a concentric stray light absorbing area, both of which outwardly surround the light- absorbing active area. All light incident on the stray light-absorbing area and the inactive area will generate a photoelectric current, which is conducted to an earth ground via an electrode in the stray-light area. An electrical signal from the active area representing a position of the measured light in the active area will be unaffected by any stray light incident on the detector externally of the active area.
Providing a coating on a diode is known, for example through EP 42326, in which an infrared photodetector sensitive to the wavelength in the 0.8 to 1.1 μm range, comprises a silicon substrate with high sensitivity, a diffusion layer defining a PN junction, and a CdTe layer, as filter, placed on the face close to the PN junction, for stopping radiations of wave lengths shorter than 0.8 μm. During the manufacturing process a monocrystal (1) undergoes a treatment of mechanical and chemical polishing. Impurities of N type, phosphorus in the present case, are then diffused. The face intended to receive the radiation is masked and a chemical attack is affected, then the masking layer is removed. A PN junction (3) is thus obtained. The contacts are then made by evaporation. The contacts (4) and the end contact (5) of the face exposed to the radiation are in comb form in order to represent the minimum surface, whilst the opposite face bears a continuous contact (6). The end contact (5) is masked and a layer (7) of CdTe is deposited on the face exposed to radiation. This deposit is affected by a technique such as thermal evaporation or cathodic sputtering. A non-reflecting layer (8) of oxide is then deposited on the layer of CdTe, in order to reduce the losses by reflection in the useful spectral range and thus to improve the spectral response. The mask of the contact (5) is finally removed. US 4,871,118 discloses a light-sensitive device comprising: at least one light-sensitive element having a surface for receiving an incident light, and at least one colour filter made from a polyamide resin mixed with an organic pigment, applied on the light-receiving surface of the light-sensitive element. There is also disclosed a manufacturing method of a light-sensitive device having one or more light-sensitive regions, comprising the steps of: applying at least one colour filter layer on the light-receiving surface of a light-sensitive region formed on a wafer of a semiconductor material, said layer being made from a polyamide resin containing an organic pigment; dicing said wafer into individual chips; bonding one of said chips to a lead frame member having electrical lead means; bonding electrical wires between the chip and said electrical lead means of said lead frame member for the connection to at least one external device; and moulding said chip bonded to said lead frame members with a resin.
In US 5,274,250 is disclosed a color image sensor of the type that reads color images with the aid of filters that absorb light of different colors (e.g. red, green and blue) and that are provided over arrays of light-receiving devices formed in a plurality of rows on a common substrate. The color image sensor includes a substrate, light-receiving devices formed on the substrate, thin- film transistors that are connected to the light-receiving devices and that are formed on the substrate, an insulating layer that covers the thin-film transistors and the light-receiving devices, a color filter formed on the insulating layer in such a position that it covers the light-receiving devices, and a light-shielding layer formed on the insulating layer in such a position that it covers the thin-film transistors. According to this invention, color filters (34a-34c) for different colors are arranged spaced apart from the sensor electrodes (21, 23) by means of a protective layer (33a, 33b). The filter material consists of a clear photosensitive resin provided with an organic pigment.
A color photosensor, which includes a plurality of closely arranged sensor units, is disclosed in US 5,274,250. Each sensor includes a color filter provided at a position corresponding to that of a photoreceptor. The color filter comprises at least one of coloring matter layers selected from the following groups (A), (B) and (C): (A) A red coloring matter layer including, as a main component, perylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives selected from the following structural formulas (I) and (II): (I) (II) where Rl denotes hydrogen, an alkyl group or an allyl group; (B) a green coloring matter layer including, as a main component, phthalocyanine coloring matter, a combination of phthalocyanine coloring matter and isoindolenone coloring matter, or a combination of phthalocyanine coloring matter and authraquinone coloring matter; and (C) a blue coloring matter layer including, as a main component, phthalocyanine coloring matter, or a combination of phthalocyanine coloring matter and quinacridon coloring matter. Also, in this case the color filter consists of an organic material and a protective layer is arranged between the color filter and the sensor elements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main object of the present invention is to provide a filtering arrangement, which solves above-mentioned problems related with conventional optical and electrical filtrations.
The main differences between the present invention and the prior art is that, in the present invention a non-organic (hard) material is used as a wave selective filter or band pass filter, while the prior art uses organic material as colour filter. The advantages are that using the nonorganic material a better protection of the sensor elements is achieved. Moreover, the wave selective filter according to the present invention is applied directly on the sensor while the prior art uses a protective layer and thus an additional manufacturing step.
Other advantages obtained through the invention are:
- higher signal due to the fewer number of layers,
- substantially no weight increase, - substantially no dimension increase,
- less manufacturing cost,
- eliminated risk for light leakage, and
- the possibility of arranging a filter on selected parts of the sensor active area
Therefore the position sensitive detector comprising a substrate having an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts, further comprises an optical filter coating, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength made of a nonorganic, directly applied on said photosensitive surface.
The optical filter consists of one or several of silicon oxide (SiO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), dielectric oxides, being one of Nb2O5, Ta2O5, ZrO2, WO3 and Al2O3, Fluorides or different types of metals for different filter layers.
The substrate is made of silicon on which said photosensitive area is doped with boron; preferably the silicon is n-type with high-resistance.
The invention also relates to a position sensitive detector arrangement comprising at least two position sensitive detectors arranged on a substrate and each comprising an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts. Each of said detectors further comprises a corresponding optical filter coating made of a nonorganic, each constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly applied on said photosensitive surfaces.
A method of filtering unwanted wavelengths is provided according to the invention in a position sensitive detector comprising a substrate having an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts. The method comprises applying directly on said photosensitive surface an optical filter coating made of a nonorganic, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength.
Moreover, a method of manufacturing a position sensitive detector is provided comprising the steps of: for each layer of wavelength selective filter material to be deposited on said photosensitive area: bringing said substrate provided with said photo sensitive area in a vacuum chamber, containing a wavelength selective filter material, using an electron gun is to split atoms from said wavelength selective filter material to be deposited as the filter on the photosensitive surface, and providing ion plasma in said chamber contributing with energy to the reaction, which result in a more dense attachment of the filter material onto the silicon wafer and denser coating. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the following, the invention will be further described in a non-limiting way under reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-section through an embodiment according to prior art, Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic cross-section through an embodiment according to the invention, and Fig. 3 illustrates a schematic view from above of another embodiment according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
The basic idea behind the invention is to apply the coating, which constitutes the wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly onto the PSD active surface. Preferably, the coating is provided as a moment under the manufacturing process of the silicon wafer being arranged with the PSD. The patterns can be made trough lift-off, Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) or Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD).
Fig. 2 shows a cross-sectional view through a PSD arrangement 20 provided with an optical filter according to the invention. The arrangement comprises a PSD chip 21 comprising a silicon substrate 22 arranged with a light sensitive surface 23. Contact pads 24 are arranged in connection with the active surface 23. The edges of the chip are provided with silicon oxide 25. A contact plate 26 is arranged under the substrate 22. The substrate is arranged on a carrier 27. The optical filter 28 is provided directly on the active light sensitive surface 23.
One preferred manufacturing process is IAD, which is suitable for hard and compact filters. The material to be coated, for example, a silicon wafer provided with the photodiodes is placed in a vacuum chamber, which also contains the filter material. An electron gun is used to split atoms from the material to be deposited as the filter on the photodiode active surface. In the chamber is also an ion source, such as argon (Ar), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N) etc. The ion plasma contributes energy to the reaction, which result in a more dense attachment of the filter material onto the silicon wafer and denser coating. Each material is exposed for the electron gun and the ion plasma under an adequate time period to build a layer with suitable thickness.
The filter material may consist of silicon oxide (SiO2) or titanium oxide (TiO2), other dielectric oxides such as Nb2O5, Ta2O5, ZrO2, WO3 and Al2O , Fluorides and different types of metals for different layers.
The photodiode active surface can be provided with passivator and anti-reflex coating made of silicon oxide. A thicker layer of silicon oxide can also be applied to the inactive area of the substrate.
As connector material can be any conductive material, specially aluminium (Al) or gold (preferably in combination with chromium or NiCr as attachment material between the gold and the substrate).
The substrate may, for example, be made of silicon (e.g. n-type with high-resistance), on which the active area is doped with boron (p-type).
The silicon chip with the photodiode can be mounted on a ceramic substrate or in a package, made of metal, plastics, ceramic etc., provided with contact pads.
As mentioned above, one advantageous of the invention is that it is possible to provide several detectors with different optical filters and thus be able to detect different types of light. Fig. 3 shows one embodiment of a PSD arrangement 30 comprising two PSDs 31 A and 3 IB, each having a set of connector pads 34. However, each PDS 31 A, 3 IB is provided with an optical filter 38 A and 38B, respectively, for different wavelengths.
The invention is not limited the shown embodiments but can be varied in a number of ways without departing from the scope of the appended claims and the arrangement and the method can be implemented in various ways depending on application, functional units, needs and requirements etc.

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1. A position sensitive detector (20) comprising a substrate (21) having an area provided with a photosensitive surface (23) and electrical contacts (24, 26), characterised in that said detector (20) comprises an optical filter coating (28) made of a non-organic material, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength, directly applied on said photosensitive surface (23).
2. The detector of claim 1, characterised in that said optical filter consists of one or several of silicon oxide (SiO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), dielectric oxides, being one of Nb2O5, Ta O5, ZrO2, WO3 and Al2O3, Fluorides or different types of metals for different filter layers.
3. The detector according to any of preceding claims, characterised in that said substrate is made of silicon on which said photosensitive area is doped with boron .
4. The detector of claim 3, characterised in that said silicon is n-type with high-resistance.
5. A position sensitive detector arrangement (30) comprising at least two position sensitive detectors (31 A, 3 IB) arranged on a substrate and each comprising an area provided with a photosensitive surface and electrical contacts (34), characterised in that each of said detectors further comprises a corresponding optical filter coating (38A, 38B), each constituting a wavelength selective filter made of a nonorganic for a special wavelength, directly applied on said photosensitive surfaces.
6. In a position sensitive detector (20) comprising a substrate (21) having an area provided with a photosensitive surface (23) and electrical contacts (24, 26), a method of filtering unwanted wavelengths, characterised by applying directly on said photosensitive surface (23) an optical filter coating (28) made of a nonorganic, constituting a wavelength selective filter for a special wavelength.
7. A method of manufacturing a position sensitive detector (20) according to any of claims 1-6, characterised by for each layer of wavelength selective filter material to be deposited on said photosensitive area: - bringing said substrate provided with said photo sensitive area in a vacuum chamber, containing a wavelength selective filter material,
- using an electron gun is to split atoms from said wavelength selective filter material, made of a nonorganic, to be deposited as the filter on the photosensitive surface, and
- providing ion plasma in said chamber contributing with energy to the reaction, which result in a more dense attachment of the filter material onto the silicon wafer and denser coating.
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