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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yasushi Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging element including a photoelectric conversion unit formed in a substrate and a wire grid polarizer disposed at a light-incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit. In addition, the wire grid polarizer includes a plurality of strip-shaped portions, where air gaps exist between adjacent strip-shaped portions. Further, a protective layer is formed on the wire grid polarizer.