IP Library Granted Patent US 7,554,143
Granted Patent B2
US 7,554,143 · App. 11/529,510 · Granted Jun 30, 2009

CMOS image sensor and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,554,143
App. No.
11/529,510
Granted
Jun 30, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method of fabricating the same arc disclosed. In a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor including a photodiode receiving irradiated light and generating electric charges, a plurality of conductive circuits each formed in different layers, a plurality of interlayer dielectrics insulating the conductive circuits, and a micro-lens formed of the interlayer dielectrics and focusing the irradiated light to the photodiode, the CMOS image sensor includes a lens formed in a dome shape on any one of the interlayer dielectrics and re-focusing the light focused by the micro-lens to the photodiode.

Claims (6)

1. A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprising:

a photodiode receiving irradiated light and generating electric charges;

a plurality of conductive circuits formed in different layers;

a plurality of interlayer dielectrics insulating the conductive circuits;

a micro-lens formed on the interlayer dielectrics and focusing the irradiated light to the photodiode; and

a second lens having a dome shape formed on any one of the interlayer dielectrics and refocusing the light focused by the micro-lens to the photodiode, wherein the second lens comprises a dome-shaped oxide layer and a nitride layer formed on a surface of the dome-shaped oxide layer.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
To: MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 058793/0785 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: CPPIB CREDIT INVESTMENTS INC.
To: CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 054385/0435 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED U.S. PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (FOR NON-U.S. GRANTORS) Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
To: CPPIB CREDIT INVESTMENTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 046900/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: DONGBU HITEK CO. LTD.; DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 041330/0143 →