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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Koichi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Nobuaki Abe, Saitama, JP;
Iwao Takemoto, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state imaging device that comprises a first, a second, and a third pixel, and a micro lens is provided. The first pixel has a first color filter. The second pixel has a second color filter, of which the color is different from the color of the first color filter. The third pixel has a third color filter, of which the color is different from the colors of the first color filter and the second color filter. The micro lens covers the first, the second, and the third pixels neighboring each other.