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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Kyoung-sik Moon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bum-suk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jong-jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yun-ho Jang, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kyoung-Sik Moon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bum-Suk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Yun-Ho Jang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor may include a plurality of photodiodes for performing a photo-electric conversion and a plurality of microlenses. Each of the microlenses is formed over one of the photodiodes. The image sensor may further include a vertical light generating portion formed over the microlenses and configured to refract each of plurality of incident light rays such that the light rays are vertically incident on the microlenses.