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Patent No.:

US 12364042 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2021

Optical element having both color filter function and lens function, image sensor thereof and imaging device

Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masashi Miyata, Musashino, JP;

Fumihide Kobayashi, Musashino, JP;

Toshikazu Hashimoto, Musashino, JP;

Assignee:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer D Bennett

Assistant Examiner:

Erin R Garber

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); G02B 5/00 (2013.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); H10F 39/802 (2025.01); H10F 39/806 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); H10F 39/8067 (2025.01);
Abstract

An optical element includes a transparent layer for covering a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of structures disposed in a plane direction of the transparent layer, on a side opposite to the plurality of pixels with at least a part of the transparent layer interposed therebetween. The plurality of structures are disposed in multiple layers to guide light of a color corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels among incident light to a corresponding pixel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Miyata, Masashi. (2025). Optical element having both color filter function and lens function, image sensor thereof and imaging device (U.S. Patent No. 12364042). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12364042

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