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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Swarnal Borthakur, Boise, ID (US);
Andrew Eugene Perkins, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/184 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 71/00 (2025.01);
Abstract
Image pixels having IR sensors with reduced exposure to visible light. One example is an image sensor comprising: a photosensitive region; a lower optical filter above the photosensitive region, and the lower optical filter configured to filter visible light and to pass infrared light; and an upper optical filter above the lower optical filter, and the upper optical filter configured to filter visible light and to pass infrared light.