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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging module includes a matrix of detector elements formed on a single semiconductor substrate and configured to output electrical signals in response to optical radiation that is incident on the detector elements. A filter layer is disposed over the detector elements and includes multiple filter zones overlying different, respective, convex regions of the matrix and having different, respective passbands.