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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brian Anthony Vaartstra, Nampa, ID (US);
Larry Duane Kinsman, Redding, CA (US);
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A package includes an optical sensor die, a support grid structure disposed on the optical sensor die, and an optically transparent cover attached to the support grid structure. A surface of the optical sensor die includes an optically active surface area (OASA) and an edge surface portion lying outside a perimeter of the OASA. The support grid structure disposed on the surface of the optical sensor die includes at least one pillar disposed within the OASA and an edge block disposed on the edge surface portion lying outside the perimeter of the OASA. The optically transparent cover is supported by the support grid structure at a height above the optical sensor die while maintaining an air gap between the optically transparent cover and the OASA.