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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2023
Toppan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Shimazaki, Taito-ku, JP;
TOPPAN Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging element includes a semiconductor substrate having photoelectric conversion elements, a color filter layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and having types of color filters positioned corresponding to the photoelectric conversion elements, and a microlens array including microlenses positioned corresponding to the color filters. The microlens array includes a PDAF pixel microlens positioned in a PDAF pixel of a pixel array unit and imaging pixel microlenses positioned in imaging pixels of the pixel array unit. The PDAF pixel microlens includes a lens part and a pedestal part adjoining the lens part and has a greater height than the imaging pixel microlenses.
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