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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chihiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 2502141 ; 250216 ; 257432 ;
Abstract
A solid state image sensing element has a miniature lens buried in a transparent interlayer insulating layer over a photo diode formed in a semiconductor substrate, and the miniature lens occupies an area wider than an area occupied by the photo diode so that the solid state image sensing element is sensitive without sacrifice of production cost.