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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Hiroaki Yukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Yukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state imaging device includes: a sensor unit that has a semiconductor substrate in which pixels including photoelectric conversion parts are disposed in an array on a light receiving surface; a lens module which has a plurality of optical members including a lens and which is disposed such that light including information on an image to be imaged is incident on the light receiving surface of the sensor unit; and a phase shift mask in which regions for dividing all light beams into a plurality of groups are set and which makes a different phase shift occur in each of the regions for the light.