Partially or fully recessed microlens fabrication

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430323, 430330, 359565, 359619, G03C 500

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ABSTRACT:
Partially recessed microlenses (31, 32; FIG. 3) are made in a substrate (10) by a technique including the steps of forming a hard-baked patterned layer (21, 22, 64, FIG. 2) on a surface of the substrate, this patterned layer having at least one island portion (21, 22) surrounded by an auxiliary portion (64), and simultaneously etching this hard-baked patterned layer and the substrate to remove at least a portion of the thickness of the hard-baked layer. The island portions are located at areas overlying where microlenses are desired. The volume of the auxiliary portions of the hard-baked patterned layer is advantageously significantly greater than that of the island portions.
Full recessed microlenses (31, 32; FIG. 6) are made by adding a step in the above technique, namely, the step of forming another hard-baked patterned layer (94) covering only the auxiliary portions of the above-mentioned patterned layer prior to the etching.

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Wada, O., "Ion-Beam Etching of InP and Its Application to the Fabrication of High Radiance InGaAsP/InP Light Emitting Diodes," J. Electrochem. Soc.: Solid-State Science and Tech., vol. 131, pp. 2373-2380.
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