IP Library Granted Patent US 7,466,001
Granted Patent B2
US 7,466,001 · App. 11/394,117 · Granted Dec 16, 2008

Image sensor and manufacturing method of image sensor

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Patent No.
US 7,466,001
App. No.
11/394,117
Granted
Dec 16, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a manufacturing method of an image sensor, a lightproof film (an antireflective film for avoiding flares) is formed over a wiring area; a transparent film is formed over an imaging area using a material capable of patterning; a transparent film, for forming micro lenses on top, is formed on the transparent film, wherein a height of the top surfaces of the transparent film and the lightproof film are evenly formed.

Claims (23)

1. An image sensor including an imaging area having a plurality of pixel units and a wiring area around the imaging area, the image sensor comprising:

a lightproof film formed over the wiring area;

a transparent film formed over the imaging area; and

a flat film, on which micro lenses are formed, formed on the transparent film;

wherein the lightproof film and the transparent film are formed such that a height of a top surface of the transparent film and a height of a top surface of the lightproof film are substantially the same.

2. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the transparent film is 0.6 to 1.8 μm.

3. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the lightproof film is made of black resist.

4. The image sensor according to claim 3 , wherein the black resist is included in a dye or a pigment, or in both of the dye and the pigment.

5. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the lightproof film is made of color resist which includes a combination of blue resist and red resist.

6. The image sensor according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of each color resist is 0.3 to 0.9 μm.

7. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the flat film is 0.3 to 5.0 μm.

8. An image sensor comprising an imaging area including a plurality of pixel units and a wiring area around the imaging area, the image sensor comprising:

a semiconductor substrate including photodiodes in the imaging area and wires in the wiring area,

a flat film, on which micro lenses are formed, the flat film being formed over the imaging area or over both the imaging area and the wiring area; and

a lightproof film formed over the wiring area,

wherein the lightproof film is formed either on or under the flat film.

9. The image sensor according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the flat film is 0.6 to 1.8 μm.

10. The image sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the lightproof film is made of black resist.

11. The image sensor according to claim 10 , wherein the black resist is included in a dye or a pigment, or in both of the dye and the pigment.

12. The image sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the lightproof film is made of color resist which includes a combination of blue resist and red resist.

13. The image sensor according to claim 12 , wherein a thickness of each color resist is 0.3 to 0.9 μm.

14. The image sensor according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the flat film is 0.3 to 5.0 μm.

15. The image sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the lightproof film is formed on the flat film, and wherein a thickness of the lightproof film is more than or equal to 0.3 μm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033021/0806 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 13, 2014
From: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031997/0445 →