Patents by Inventor William CROFOOT

William CROFOOT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240038800
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a sensor chip that is bonded to an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip. A bond pad for the image sensor may be formed in the ASIC chip and exposed through a trench in the sensor chip. The image sensor may include a conductive light shield at a periphery of the image sensor to shield optically black pixels. An opaque layer may be formed over the conductive light shield to mitigate reflections off the conductive light shield. An anti-reflective layer may be formed over the pixel array. The anti-reflective layer may have a different thickness over the pixel array than in the trench for the bond pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, William CROFOOT, Swarnal BORTHAKUR