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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Hiromi Wano, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Kumamoto, JP;
Inventors:
Hiromi Wano, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a light sensing portion which is formed on a substrate and generates a signal electric charge according to incident light; a rectangular or gradient-index on-chip micro lens formed on a light incident side above the light sensing portion; and a planarized lens layer which covers the on-chip micro lens and is formed in such a manner that a light incident surface is planarized.