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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Richard D. Holscher, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Richard D. Holscher, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corp., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed which provide a color filter array for an imaging device in which the filters of the array are accurately positioned through the use of a patterned mask layer used to form filters for one color of the array. Additionally or alternatively, the color filter array can have a light blocking spacer to block light from being transmitted between color filters and/or to a peripheral circuitry region.