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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Weidong Qian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hsin-chih Tai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vincent Venezia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard E. Rhodes, San Martin, CA (US);
Inventors:
WeiDong Qian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hsin-Chih Tai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vincent Venezia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard E. Rhodes, San Martin, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor having a plurality of micro-lenses disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A first micro-lens has a different focal length, height, shape, curvature, thickness, etc., than a second micro-lens. The image sensor may be back side illuminated or front side illuminated.