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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Jeng-shyan Lin, Tainan, TW;
Chien-hsien Tseng, Hsin chu, TW;
Shou-gwo Wuu, Hsin-chu, TW;
Ho-ching Chien, Hsinchu, TW;
Dun-nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Hung-jen Hsu, Tauo Yaun, TW;
Jeng-Shyan Lin, Tainan, TW;
Chien-Hsien Tseng, Hsin chu, TW;
Shou-Gwo Wuu, Hsin-chu, TW;
Ho-Ching Chien, Hsinchu, TW;
Dun-Nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Hung-Jen Hsu, Tauo Yaun, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a photosensor formed therein; a first layer overlying the substrate, the first layer includes a portion having a generally concave shaped surface being the negative shaped of a micro-lens to be formed there over; a second layer overlying the first layer, the second layer including a generally convex shaped portion vertically aligned with and mating with the generally concave shaped surface, the generally convex shaped portion being constructed and arranged to define a micro-lens positioned to cause parallel light passing through the micro-lens to converge on and strike the photosensor.