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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kabul Sengupta, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250226 ; 2502081 ; 257440 ;
Abstract
A sensor device, an imaging system, and a method of forming a sensor device. The sensor device includes an integrated circuit having a sensor portion and non-sensor portion disposed about the periphery of the sensor portion, a passivation layer overlying a portion of a top surface of the non-sensor portion of the integrated circuit, and a protection layer overlying the passivation layer.