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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2008
Motonari Katsuno, Kyoto, JP;
Ryohei Miyagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Hirohisa Ohtsuki, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a substrate contact, and a first contact. The arrangement of the substrate contact with respect to a light-receiving section forming a peripheral pixel is shifted, or not shifted, from the arrangement of the substrate contact with respect to a light-receiving section forming a central pixel, by a shift amount r from the peripheral portion toward the central portion. The arrangement of the first contact with respect to the light-receiving section of the peripheral pixel is shifted from the arrangement of the first contact with respect to the light-receiving section of the central pixel, by a shift amount sfrom the peripheral portion toward the central portion. The shift amount sis greater than the shift amount r.