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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Okita, Yamato, JP;
Takehito Okabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takeru Ohya, Machida, JP;
Kosuke Asano, Yokohama, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiichirou Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric converter, are arranged, including an effective pixel region, an optical black region covered with a light-shielding film, and a dummy pixel region arranged between the effective pixel region and the optical black region. The pixels arranged in at least the effective pixel region and the optical black region among the plurality of the pixels each include an optical waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter. The pixels including the optical waveguides are arranged between the effective pixel region and the optical black region so as to be spaced apart from each other by at least a one-pixel pitch.