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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Ohkubo, Kumamoto, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solution Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels formed as a semiconductor chip, each of which has a photoelectric converting unit, a charge holding unit that holds charges stored in the photoelectric converting unit, a charge-voltage converting unit that converts a charge transferred from the charge holding unit to a voltage, and light shielding films between which an opening is formed above the photoelectric converting unit. The plurality of unit pixels are placed in a matrix in a pixel array. The shapes of the light shielding films are varied depending on the position of the unit pixel in the pixel array.