Imaging module, fabricating method therefor, and imaging device

1. An imaging module comprising:

an imaging chip including a micro-lens configured to guide incident light and an imaging element provided in a semiconductor substrate and configured to convert the incident light guided by the micro-lens into an electric signal; and

a polarizing glass chip including a polarizing filter glass having a polarizer configured to determine a polarization direction of the incident light and a transparent substrate, the polarizer being arranged on a surface of the transparent substrate such that the polarizer faces the micro-lens of the imaging chip, and a spacer member connected to the polarizing filter glass having the polarizer and configured to adjust a gap between the polarizer and the micro-lens of the imaging chip,

wherein a melt-bonding surface of the spacer member is melt-bonded to a surface of the semiconductor substrate such that the polarizer of the polarizing glass chip and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are arranged close to each other via the gap, and such that the imaging element and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are sealed by the polarizing glass chip without degrading properties of received light,

the spacer member includes a frame structure configured to enclose an outer periphery of the polarizer,

the spacer member including the frame structure partially includes a cut portion, and

the cut portion is configured to communicate spatially between a light-receiving region of the imaging chip and outside of the light-receiving region such that outgassing is achieved via the cut portion.

2. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the polarizer is less than an optical wavelength of the incident light.

3. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polarizer is formed in at least a part of a light-receiving region of the imaging element.

4. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

an electrode pad configured to acquire the electric signal converted by the imaging element,

wherein an area of the polarizing glass chip is larger than an area of a light-receiving region of the imaging element and smaller than a total area including the area of the light-receiving region of the imaging element and a setting area of the electrode pad.

5. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a height of the spacer member is greater than a height of the micro-lens in an optical direction.

6. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a structural film provided in outer peripheries of setting regions of the imaging element and the micro-lens,

wherein the melt-bonding surface of the spacer member is melt-bonded to the structural film provided in the outer peripheries of the setting regions of the imaging element and the micro-lens.

7. The imaging module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a total of a height of the spacer member and a thickness of the structural film is greater than a height of the micro-lens in an optical direction.

8. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a structural film provided in outer peripheries of setting regions of the imaging element and the micro-lens,

wherein the micro-lens and the structural film provided in the outer peripheries of the setting regions of the imaging element and the micro-lens are made of organic materials.

9. The imaging module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cut portion provided in part of the spacer member having the frame structure includes at least one corner portion.

10. An imaging device comprising the imaging module as claimed in claim 1 .

11. An imaging module comprising:

an imaging chip including a micro-lens configured to guide incident light and an imaging element provided in a semiconductor substrate and configured to convert the incident light guided by the micro-lens into an electric signal;

a polarizing glass chip including a polarizing filter glass having a polarizer configured to determine a polarization direction of the incident light and a transparent substrate, the polarizer being arranged on a surface of the transparent substrate such that the polarizer faces the micro-lens of the imaging chip, and a spacer member connected to the polarizing filter glass having the polarizer and configured to adjust a gap between the polarizer and the micro-lens of the imaging chip;

a structural film provided in outer peripheries of setting regions of the imaging element and the micro-lens; and

an inorganic insulator film,

wherein a melt-bonding surface of the spacer member is melt-bonded to an upper surface of the structural film such that the polarizer of the polarizing glass chip and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are arranged close to each other via the gap, and such that the imaging element and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are sealed by the polarizing glass chip,

wherein the micro-lens is formed directly on either the inorganic insulator film or the imaging element, and the structural film is formed directly on either the inorganic insulator film or the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the spacer member includes a frame structure configured to enclose an outer periphery of the polarizer, and

wherein the spacer member including the frame structure partially includes a cut portion, and the cut portion is configured to communicate spatially between a light-receiving region of the imaging chip and outside of the light-receiving region such that outgassing is achieved via the cut portion.