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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Takafumi Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Nokami, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Nokami, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a sensor substrate on that a large number of semiconductor chips each of which has a plurality of image pickup elements, are linearly arranged to receive the reflected light converged by the lens; and a transparent plate that is interposed between the lens and the sensor substrate, and provides a light path region corresponding to the boundary region between adjacent semiconductor chips with a refractive function, so that the vertical light incident on the boundary region between semiconductor chipsis refracted and incident dividedly to the directions of respective image pickup elements.