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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Inayat Khajasha, Fremont, CA (US);
Howard E. Rhodes, San Martin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Inayat Khajasha, Fremont, CA (US);
Howard E. Rhodes, San Martin, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor includes near-infrared cut filters formed over an array of photosensitive elements in a predetermined pattern. The near-infrared cut filters may be formed over one half of a photosensitive element in a split pixel arrangement, over one half the photosensitive elements in the array, over every other photosensitive element in the array, and/or in a checkerboard pattern.