IP Library Granted Patent US 7,843,649
Granted Patent B2
US 7,843,649 · App. 11/790,546 · Granted Nov 30, 2010

Microlens, method of manufacturing microlens, and photomask used for manufacturing method

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Patent No.
US 7,843,649
App. No.
11/790,546
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of fabricating a microlens that serves to prevent damage thereto in the fabrication process is provided. First, a lens body of which the maximum height housed within a recess is lower than the height of the side wall of the recess is formed in the lens formation region by performing patterning that transfers the shape of a first resist pattern to a substrate by using the first resist pattern as an etching mask. Thereafter, a partial region of the substrate which is outside the lens formation region is removed to form an outline by using a second resist pattern as a mask.

Claims (9)

1. A microlens, comprising:

a frame portion having a recess, and having a peripheral wall portion; and

a lens body that is provided in said recess and which is integrated with said frame portion,

wherein a highest point of a height of said lens body is lower than a height of said frame portion; and

wherein a ratio between a distance from an inside wall edge of said peripheral wall portion to a peripheral edge of said lens body, a height of the peripheral wall portion, and a width of the peripheral wall portion is in a range from 1:1:1 to 1:2:2.

2. A microlens, comprising:

a frame portion having a recess; and

a lens body that is provided in said recess and which is integrated with said frame portion,

wherein a material of said frame portion and said lens body are silicon, respectively.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032495/0483 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 22, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022162/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2007
From: MAENO, YOSHINORI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019291/0079 →