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Patent No.:

US 10490588 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2016

Methods and apparatus for a thermal equalizer in an image sensor

Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Larry Duane Kinsman, Boise, ID (US);

Swarnal Borthakur, Boise, ID (US);

Marc Allen Sulfridge, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorneys:

The Noblitt Group, PLLC

Hettie L. Haines

Primary Examiner:

Minh Loan Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H01L 21/56 (2006.01); H01L 23/373 (2006.01); H01L 31/024 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 21/563 (2013.01); H01L 23/373 (2013.01); H01L 23/3732 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 27/14601 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 31/0203 (2013.01); H01L 31/024 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an image sensor with a thermal equalizer for distributing heat. The method and apparatus may comprise a thermal equalizer disposed between a sensor die and a circuit die to prevent uneven heating of the pixels in the sensor die. The method and apparatus may comprise a thermal equalizer integrated within the circuit die.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kinsman, Larry. (2019). Methods and apparatus for a thermal equalizer in an image sensor (U.S. Patent No. 10490588). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10490588

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