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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yuanwei Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Gang Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Duli Mao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dyson Tai, San Jose, CA (US);
Arvind Kumar, Manchester, MA (US);
Hung Chih Chang, Newark, CA (US);
Chih-Wei Hsiung, San Jose, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in an array and disposed in a semiconductor material with pinning wells disposed between individual photodiodes in the plurality of photodiodes. The image sensor also includes a microlens layer. The microlens layer is disposed proximate to the semiconductor material and is optically aligned with the plurality of photodiodes. A spacer layer disposed between the semiconductor material and the microlens layer. The spacer layer has a concave cross-sectional profile across the array, and the microlens layer is conformal with the concave cross-sectional profile of the spacer layer.