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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1991
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for producing a micro lens in a solid-state imaging device, a thermally stable transparent resin layer for forming a planar surface is deposited on a base layer of the solid-state imaging device, a far-ultraviolet sensitive thermoplastic layer is deposited on the transparent layer, a photosensitive resin layer sensitive to light of longer wavelength than the far-ultraviolet sensitive resin layer and highly absorbing far-ultraviolet light is deposited on the far-ultraviolet sensitive resin layer, portions of the photosensitive resin layer are removed, far-ultraviolet light irradiates the resin layers, portions of the far-ultraviolet sensitive resin layers are removed, and portions of the transparent layer are thermally deformed into a desired micro lens shape. Therefore, access to the bonding pad under the transparent resin film can be obtained after the deposition and patterning of the thermoplastic resin film wherein non-uniformities in the thermoplastic resin film are reduced, resulting is a micro lens having high light collection ability and no wavelength sensitivity variations.