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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Yoichi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Ogino, Kumamoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Kumamoto, JP;
Takamasa Tanikuni, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoichi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Ogino, Kumamoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Kumamoto, JP;
Takamasa Tanikuni, Kumamoto, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels formed on a semiconductor substrate and include a photoelectric conversion unit; a color filter on the pixels; an on-chip microlens made of an organic film on the color filter, corresponding to each of the pixels; a first inorganic film formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens and having a higher refraction index than the on-chip microlens; and a second inorganic film formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and having a lower refraction index than the on-chip microlens and the first inorganic film, in which at least the second inorganic film includes a non-lens area at an interface of an adjacent second inorganic film.