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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Antonio S Ciccarelli, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 2502 / ; 250239 ; 257434 ; 257435 ;
Abstract
An image sensor package cover with an opaque epoxy silk-screened into it. This epoxy is patterned to the appropriate size, for a particular sensor, to form an integral light shield on the cover, while simultaneously covering to the package. This masks the internal light reflections as well as the prior art methods of using a separate light shield, but eliminates a separate component and the costly labor required to assemble such a product. Such a configuration can be applied to a linear or area type image sensor.