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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chin-Min Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng San Chou, Hsin Chu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/167 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 27/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14678 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/3234 (2013.01); H01L 31/16 (2013.01); H01L 31/167 (2013.01); H01L 27/156 (2013.01); H01L 27/3213 (2013.01); H01L 27/3244 (2013.01); H01L 27/3281 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing apparatus is disclosed. The sensing apparatus includes an image sensor; a collimator above the image sensor, the collimator having an array of apertures; an optical filtering layer between the collimator and the image sensor, wherein the optical filtering layer is configured to filter a portion of light transmitted through the array of apertures; and an illumination layer above the collimator.