摘要 |
Embodiments relate to an image sensor having a gate spacer and a fabricating method by which damage in a photodiode area can be prevented. Embodiments relate to a method of fabricating an image sensor including forming a gate electrode over a substrate having a prescribed photodiode area. A first oxide layer, a nitride layer, and a second oxide layer may be formed over the substrate including the gate electrode. A photoresist pattern may be formed over the substrate to open the photodiode area centering on the gate electrode. A transformed nitride layer may be formed by selectively carrying out nitridation on the second oxide layer formed over the photodiode area centering on the gate electrode using the photoresist pattern as a mask. The photoresist mask pattern may be removed. A spacer may be formed over one side of the gate electrode by carrying out blank etch on the first oxide layer, the nitride layer, the transformed nitride layer, and the second oxide layer.
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