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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hironobu Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/704 (2022.12); G02B 3/00 (2005.12); G02B 7/34 (2020.12); H01L 27/146 (2005.12); H04N 23/67 (2022.12); H04N 23/84 (2022.12); H04N 25/13 (2022.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/704 (2022.12); H01L 27/14603 (2012.12); H01L 27/14627 (2012.12); H01L 27/14645 (2012.12); H04N 23/672 (2022.12); H04N 23/843 (2022.12); H04N 25/134 (2022.12); G02B 3/0056 (2012.12); G02B 7/34 (2012.12); H01L 27/14621 (2012.12); H01L 27/14634 (2012.12); H01L 27/14641 (2012.12); H01L 27/1469 (2012.12);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a plurality of microlenses arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a plurality of pixels that are provided in correspondence to each of the microlenses and receive lights of different color components, respectively. Pixels that are provided at adjacent microlenses among the microlenses and that receive lights of same color components, are adjacently arranged.