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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoki Nakabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photo receivers arranged in a two-dimensional array on a semiconductor substrate, the photo receivers receiving exit light from an imaging optical system; and a plurality of condensing lenses arranged over the said plurality of photo receivers, respectively. At least either the plurality of condensing lenses or the plurality of photo receivers are arranged at smaller pitches where an absolute value of an exit pupil position in the imaging optical system is large and at greater pitches where the absolute value of the exit pupil position is small.