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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Masaaki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Michiyoshi Nagashima, Nara, JP;
Atsushi Tomozawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device of the present invention includes a base, a plurality of photoelectric conversion portionsformed in a surface of the base, and an insulating filmformed above the base. Openingsare formed in the insulating filmso that each of the openingsis located above each of the photoelectric conversion portions. Optical waveguideshaving a refractive index higher than that of the insulating filmare formed in each of the openings. And the optical waveguidesare made of a composite material containing a resinand inorganic particles