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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Risako Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Honam Kwon, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Risako Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Honam Kwon, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the pixel blocks including at least two of R pixels, G pixels, B pixels, and W pixels; a first optical system configured to form an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system including a microlens array having a plurality of microlenses provided for the respective pixels blocks, the second optical system being located between the imaging element and the first optical system, the second optical system being configured to reduce and re-image the image formed on the imaging plane onto each of the pixel blocks. A proportion of the W pixels to be provided increases in a direction from a center of each pixel block toward an outer periphery thereof.