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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Takahashi, Nagasaki, JP;
Yuuji Inoue, Nagasaki, JP;
Kenji Ikeda, Kumamoto, JP;
Osamu Oka, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoshiro Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Sato, Kumamoto, JP;
Hideaki Kato, Nagasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Chouji, Nagasaki, JP;
Emi Nishioka, Nagasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Kawanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel region that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern. Some of the plurality of pixels are configured to be phase difference detection pixels that include a photoelectric conversion section disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a light blocking film disposed above a portion of the photoelectric conversion section. In particular a location of the light blocking film for the phase difference detection pixels varies according to a location of the phase difference detection pixel. For example, the location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned at a periphery of the pixel region is different than a location of the light blocking film for a phase difference detection pixel positioned in a center portion of the pixel region.