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Patent No.:

US 9025060 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2012

Solid-state image sensor having a shielding unit for shielding some of photo-electric converters and image capturing apparatus including the solid-state image sensor

Applicants:

Akihiro Nishio, Yokohama, JP;

Ichiro Onuki, Kawasaki, JP;

Koichi Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Ryo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Makoto Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Nishio, Yokohama, JP;

Ichiro Onuki, Kawasaki, JP;

Koichi Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Ryo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Makoto Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Timothy J Henn

Assistant Examiner:

Quan Pham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid-state image sensor which comprises a pixel group in which unit pixels each including a microlens and a plurality of photo-electric converters are arrayed two-dimensionally, wherein a shielding unit that shields part of all of a plurality of photo-electric converters corresponding to a single microlens is provided in a portion of the unit pixels.

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Nishio, Akihiro. (2015). Solid-state image sensor having a shielding unit for shielding some of photo-electric converters and image capturing apparatus including the solid-state image sensor (U.S. Patent No. 9025060). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9025060

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