Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microlenses for high dynamic range imaging pixels
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Application No.: US15974942Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10573678B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: Nathan Wayne Chapman , Marc Allen Sulfridge , Ulrich Boettiger , Swarnal Borthakur , Brian Anthony Vaartstra
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; G02B3/00

Abstract:
An image sensor may include high dynamic range imaging pixels having an inner sub-pixel surrounded by an outer sub-pixel. To steer light away from the inner sub-pixel and towards the outer sub-pixel, the high dynamic range imaging pixels may be covered by a toroidal microlens. To mitigate cross-talk caused by high-angled incident light, various microlens arrangements may be used. A toroidal microlens may have planar portions on its outer perimeter. A toroidal microlens may be covered by four additional microlenses, each additional microlens positioned in a respective corner of the pixel. Each pixel may be covered by four microlenses in a 2×2 arrangement, with an opening formed by the space between the four microlenses overlapping the inner sub-pixel.
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