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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Arvin Emadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Ali Agah, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiuyu Cai, San Diego, CA (US);
Craig Lee Hetherington, San Diego, CA (US);
Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor structure including an image stack disposed over a device stack. The image stack includes a plurality of light detectors. A first optical filter stack is disposed over the image stack. The first optical filter stack includes a light guide layer. Light pipe cavities are disposed in the light guide layer. Each light pipe cavity is associated with a light detector. Each light pipe cavity has an aspect ratio that is greater than about 2.5 to about 1. A nanowell layer is disposed over the first optical filter stack. Nanowells are disposed in the nanowell layer. Each nanowell is associated with a light detector.