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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Seki, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoichi Ootsuka, Kumamoto, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Image quality of an imaging element having a configuration in which pixels having color filters are arranged two-dimensionally is prevented from being lowered. An imaging element includes a plurality of pixels and incident light attenuation sections. The pixel includes a color filter transmitting incident light having a predetermined wavelength, and a photoelectric conversion section that produces an electric charge according to the light transmitted through the color filter. The incident light attenuation section is disposed between the color filters of the adjacent pixels, is configured to be different in surface height from the color filters, and attenuates light not transmitted through the color filter but incident on the photoelectric conversion section of the pixel where the color filter is disposed.