Patent · US Expired

Image sensor

US4689652A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1985
Grant dateAug 25, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/806
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image sensor comprises a transparent substrate, an optical lens formed integrally in one major surface of the transparent substrate, and a photosensor provided on the side of the other major surface of the transparent substrate and having output electrodes, wherein light incident on the optical lens is focussed by the lens onto the photosensor through the transparent substrate.

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