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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Han-kang Liu, Tainan County, TW;
Fang-ming Huang, Grand Cayman, KY;
Shao-min Hung, Tainan County, TW;
Bo-nan Chen, Tainan County, TW;
Han-Kang Liu, Tainan County, TW;
Fang-Ming Huang, Grand Cayman, KY;
Shao-Min Hung, Tainan County, TW;
Bo-Nan Chen, Tainan County, TW;
Himax Technologies Limited, Fonghua Village, Xinshi Dist., Tainan, TW;
Himax Imaging, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method of fabricating an image sensor and an image sensor thereof are provided. The method comprises: providing a mask; utilizing the mask at a first position to form a first group of micro-lenses having a first height on a first group of color filters of a color filter array on a pixel array; shifting the mask from the first position to a second position, wherein a distance between the first position and the second position is substantially equal to a width of a pixel of the pixel array; and utilizing the mask at the second position to form a second group of micro-lenses having a second height, different from the first height, on a second group of color filters of the color filter array.