Abstract: A color imager, which has a plurality of photodiodes, utilizes a layer of metal that is formed over the photodiodes. The metal layer has a plurality of different sized openings that lie vertically over the photodiodes to physically diffract, and thereby filter, the incident light that strikes the color imager.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2005
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Peter J. Hopper, Robert Drury, Philipp Lindorfer, Vladislav Vashchenko