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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayuki Furumiya, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Hokari, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257222 ; 257229 ; 257225 ; 348248 ; 348249 ;
Abstract
In a solid state image pickup device including a semiconductor substrate, a photo/electro conversion element and a register formed within the semiconductor substrate, and an photoshield layer having a slit-type aperture for limiting light incident to the photo/electro conversion element, an optical element is provided for the slit-type aperture, to thereby pass polarized light having an electric field polarization face polarized in the longitudinal direction of the slit-type aperture.