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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gilbert Allan Hawkins, Mendon, NY (US);
David Lawrence Losee, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert Leroy Nielsen, Pittsford, NY (US);
Ronald W Wake, Hilton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 250226 ; 257294 ; 257432 ;
Abstract
An image sensor and method of making such sensor is described. The sensor includes an integral color filter array, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having an optically planar top surface; a plurality of spaced image pixels formed in the substrate; and an array of physically contiguous color filter elements embedded in the substrate whose top and bottom surfaces are coplanar and which have no overlap of color filter layers between adjacent color filter elements.