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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hong Wei Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Oray O. Cellek, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/131 (2023.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10K 19/20 (2023.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 19/20 (2023.02); G01J 5/10 (2013.01); H04N 25/131 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/014 (2025.01); H10F 39/018 (2025.01); H10F 39/024 (2025.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/8027 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/807 (2025.01); H10F 39/809 (2025.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.02); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G01J 2005/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor module includes a silicon substrate. A set of isolation walls defines, in the silicon substrate, an array of silicon-based image sensor pixels and an array of cavities. An infrared (IR)-sensitive material in the array of cavities forms an array of IR sensor pixels in a same focal plane as the array of silicon-based image sensor pixels.