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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Chang-Hee Pyeoun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; and a pixel lens, including a plurality of light condensing layers, formed over the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein upper layers of the plurality of light condensing layers have shorter widths than lower layers of the plurality of light condensing layers, wherein the light condensing layers of the pixel lens have their sidewalls of one side aligned with each other.