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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Terence N. Tam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey N. Gleason, San Francisco, CA (US);
Terence N. Tam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey N. Gleason, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor assembly includes an image sensor die attached adjacent to a cavity and a lower surface in a preformed package having substantially vertical surfaces extending from the lower surface to an upper surface of the package. The image sensor die provides the light receiving surface for capturing the image. A light absorbing layer is applied to a cover such that the light absorbing layer prevents light from falling on the substantially vertical surfaces of the preformed package without preventing the passage of light that falls on the light receiving surface of the image sensor die. The light absorbing layer includes openings that provide a line-of-sight view of two opposing corners of at least one of the light receiving surface and the image sensor die to facilitate placing the cover over the upper surface of the package in registry with the image sensor die.