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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Applicant:
Tomohiro Konishi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Konishi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a solid-state image capturing device having the locations of photodiodes in each pixel unit to be different according to a sequence, the light receiving sensitivity and the luminance shading characteristic are improved. A circumferential portion of a microlenswhich is arranged above a corresponding photodiodeis formed so as to overlap an adjacent microlensthereto, and the locations of microlensesin each pixel unit are different according to a sequence. Light of an image that is incident upon each of the microlensesis incident upon approximately the same portion (e.g., central portion) of each of the respective photodiodes