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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitaka Egawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, provided are a first photoelectric conversion layer provided for a first wavelength band, a second photoelectric conversion layer provided for a second wavelength band, and a color separation element adapted to separate an incident light into a transmission light including the first wavelength band and a reflection light including the second wavelength band, wherein an angle of incidence of the incident light with respect to a reflection surface of the color separation element is set so that a vertically polarized light and a horizontally polarized light are included in the reflection light.