Microlenses
 
 

To overcome the limitations of a low fill factor, on certain sensors an array of microlenses is placed on top of the color filter array in order to funnel the photons of a larger area into the smaller area of the light sensitive photodiode.
 
Microlens funnels the light of a larger area into the photodiode (indicated in red) of the pixel
 
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