Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Bi-Cheng Chang

Sheng-Liang Pan

Yu-Kung Hsiao

Kuo-Liang Lu

A method for making long focal length micro-lens for color filters in CMOS image sensor applications and device made by the method are described. In the method, a layer of micro-lens material is first spin coated on top of a color filter, patterned by a photolithographic method into at least four discrete regions, and preferably at least nine discrete regions for each micro-lens with a pre-set spacing therein between. The discrete regions allow a smaller volume of micro-lens material to be used for forming the micro-lens in a subsequent reflow process. The micro-lens formed by the present invention novel method has a focal length of at least 7 &mgr;m, and preferably at least 10 &mgr;m such that a 0.35 &mgr;m technology CMOS image sensor utilizing two or three layers of metal conductors can be formed by the present invention method.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Bi-Cheng Chang