Microlens array, image pickup element package, and method for manufacturing microlens array
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a microlens array comprising a transparent substrate, a resin layer provided on/above at least one surface of the transparent substrate, containing a photosensitive resin and forming a plurality of microlenses, and a functional layer reflecting at least light for reacting the photosensitive resin, the functional layer is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate at a side on which the resin layer is not formed, or on the surface of the transparent substrate at the side on which the resin layer is formed and at a position nearer the transparent substrate than the resin layer.
1. A microlens array to be used in combination with a pixel array of an image pickup element, comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a resin layer provided on/above at least one surface of the transparent substrate, comprising a photosensitive resin and forming a plurality of microlenses; and
a functional layer reflecting at least light for reacting the photosensitive resin, the functional layer is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate at a side on which the resin layer is not formed, or on the surface of the transparent substrate at the side on which the resin layer is formed and at a position nearer the transparent substrate than the resin layer.
2. The microlens array according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive resin is a photocurable resin.
3. The microlens array according to claim 2 , wherein the functional layer is a light reflection film comprising a dielectric multilayer film that reflects at least light of an ultraviolet ray wavelength region.
4. The microlens array according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent substrate is an infrared ray absorption glass that absorbs light of an infrared wavelength region.
5. The microlens array according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive resin is a photosoluble resin.
6. The microlens array according to claim 5 , wherein the functional layer is a light reflection film comprising a dielectric multilayer film that reflects at least light of an ultraviolet ray wavelength region.
7. The microlens array according to claim 5 , wherein the transparent substrate is an infrared ray absorption glass that absorbs light of an infrared wavelength region.
8. The microlens array according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer is a light reflection film comprising a dielectric multilayer film that reflects at least light of an ultraviolet ray wavelength region.
9. The microlens array according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate is an infrared ray absorption glass that absorbs light of an infrared wavelength region.
10. The microlens array according to claim 1 , further comprising an infrared light absorption film containing an infrared ray absorber that absorbs light of an infrared wavelength region stacked on the transparent substrate.