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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Chae-sung Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Inventor:
Chae-Sung Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Industries, Kyoungki-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L021/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor for improving a characteristic of transmittance therein is provided by forming a convex-shaped color filter pattern that acts as a micro-lens. The CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor structure having a photodiode and a peripheral circuit, an insulating layer that is formed on the semiconductor structure and that has a trench, and a convex-shaped color filter pattern formed on the insulating layer and covering the trench.