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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Hiromi Wano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Tanikuni, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a light-receiving portion, which serves as a pixel, and a waveguide, which is disposed at a location in accordance with the light-receiving portion and which includes a clad layer and a core layer embedded having a refractive index distribution in the wave-guiding direction.