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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gilbert Alan Hawkins, Mendon, NY (US);
David Newell Nichols, Fairport, NY (US);
David Lawrence Losee, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert Leroy Nielsen, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ; G03B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ; G03B 3/00 ;
Abstract
An imager, including: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of spaced image pixels formed in the substrate; and a dielectric layer formed over the image pixels, the dielectric layer having a top surface. The imager further includes a plurality of depressions formed in the top surface; and a plurality of lenses having top surfaces, each lens formed in the depression corresponding to an underlying image pixel, the top surface of each lens being optically planar with the top surface of the dielectric.