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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:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsumi Yamamoto, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
OmniVision International Holding Ltd, Cayman Islands, KN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10232 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10232 ;
Abstract
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels formed in a semiconductor substrate, each pixel including a light sensitive element. Further, a multilayer stack is formed over the pixels, the multilayer stack adapted to filter incident light in the infrared region. Finally, micro-lenses are formed over the multilayer stack and over the light sensitive element.