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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Sion C. Quinlan, Oxon, GB;
Inventor:
Sion C. Quinlan, Oxon, GB;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The manufacture of multi-level optical imagers and the resulting imagers are described. Multiple levels of metallization are prepared, each level having a via. The vias are aligned and a material having a higher refractive index than its surrounds is positioned within the vias to form an optical channel. The higher refractive index material may be an optical plug. A lens is mounted at one end of the optical channel and a photoconversion device is mounted at the other end.