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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuyuki Kuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/14812 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging element includes a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged and each have a light receiving part including a photoelectric conversion element and a light collecting part that collects incident light toward the light receiving part. Each of the light collecting parts in the plurality of pixels includes an optical functional layer having, in a surface, a specific projection and depression structure depending on the pixel position.