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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichi Ootsuka, Kumamoto, JP;
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Kumamoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoshinori Toumiya, Kumamoto, JP;
Akiko Ogino, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes: a first lens layer; and a second lens layer, wherein the second lens layer is formed at least at a periphery of each first microlens formed based on the first lens layer, and the second lens layer present at a central portion of each of the first microlenses is thinner than the second lens layer present at the periphery of the first microlens or no second lens layer is present at the central portion of each of the first microlenses.