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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Alan G. Wood, Boise, ID (US);

Warren M. Farnworth, Nampa, ID (US);

Charles M. Watkins, Eagle, ID (US);

Peter A. Benson, Guilderland, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alan G. Wood, Boise, ID (US);

Warren M. Farnworth, Nampa, ID (US);

Charles M. Watkins, Eagle, ID (US);

Peter A. Benson, Guilderland, NY (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/50 (2006.01); H01L 23/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Microlenses for directing radiation toward a sensor of an imaging device include a plurality of mutually adhered layers of cured optically transmissive material. Systems include at least one microprocessor and a substrate including an array of microlenses formed thereon in electrical communication with the at least one microprocessor. At least one microlens in the array includes a plurality of mutually adhered layers of cured optically transmissive material.


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