| US 7,499,093 B2 | ||
| Contoured surface cover plate for image sensor array | ||
| Scott Campbell, Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Aptina Imaging Corporation, Boise, Id. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 19, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/715,555. | ||
| Application 10/715555 is a division of application No. 09/470284, filed on Dec. 22, 1999, granted, now 7,133,076. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/113850, filed on Dec. 24, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0105026 A1, Jun. 03, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—340 [348/373] | 8 Claims |
| 1. An assembly for an image sensor device, comprising:
an image sensor array;
a cover plate operatively disposed over said image sensor array, said cover plate including an integrated lensing structure
which is developed to change imaging characteristics of incoming radiation which impinge towards said image sensor array;
and
a mounting structure formed as a mesa-like protrusion on a surface of said cover plate,
wherein said mounting structure is developed to hold a lens system including additional lensing structures and,
wherein said additional lensing structures include a multiple piece lensing structure which collectively with said integrated
lensing structure collects and focuses radiation onto said image sensor array.
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