Panasonic Corporation

Mamoru Honjo

Atsuo Nakagawa

Tomoki Masuda

Tomoko Komatsu

Toshihiro Higuchi

Yoshiaki Nishi

Naoki Tomoda

Yoshito Miyatake

Takakazu Bito

Tohru Yamada

Michiyo Ichikawa

A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein the zoom lens system, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power and comprising four lens elements; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power; wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit is moved along an optical axis direction so as to achieve variable magnification, and wherein the conditions are satisfied: 0.30&#x3c;f/f&#x3c;0.70 and Z=f/f&#x3e;20.5 (fis a composite focal length of the first lens unit, fis a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit, and fis a focal length of the entire system at a telephoto limit), an imaging device and a camera are provided.

Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera

A solid-state image sensing device comprises: a light receiving unit for receiving light; a microlens formed above the light receiving unit; a fluorine-containing resin material layer formed on the microlens; and a transparent substrate provided over the fluorine-containing resin material layer. A resin layer adheres the fluorine-containing resin material layer and the transparent substrate.

Solid-state image sensing device

Solid-state image sensing device having a layer on microlens and method for fabricating the same

A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of light-receiving parts arranged in an array in a substrate and performing photoelectric conversion on incident light; and a plurality of color separators each provided for adjacent four of the light-receiving parts arranged in two rows and two columns. Each of the color separators includes first through fourth color-separating elements and first and second mirror elements.

Solid-state imaging device and method for fabricating the same

A solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of photodiode parts (); a plurality of vertical charge transfer parts () each of which reads out a signal charge and transfers the signal charge in a vertical direction; and a plurality of shade films () that have conductivity, which supplies a transfer pulse via the shade film (), is used. The vertical charge transfer parts () respectively have transfer channels () and transfer electrodes (). The shade film () is formed above the corresponding vertical charge transfer part () via an insulation layer () that insulates the shade film () from the transfer electrodes (). The insulation layer () has a thick part () in a part of the insulation layer () where the shade film () is overlapped on a side of the photodiode part () that is a subject to be read out by the vertical charge transfer part ().

Solid-state imaging device

A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of light-receiving parts arranged in an array in a substrate and performing photoelectric conversion on incident light; and a plurality of color separators each provided for adjacent four of the light-receiving parts arranged in two rows and two columns. In each of the color separators, absorption color filters and transmission color filters are combined.

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Osaka, Japan

Mamoru Honjo