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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Youichi Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Taichi Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Kumamoto, JP;
Yasunori Koshino, Kumamoto, JP;
Hitomi Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Toumiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadayuki Dofuku, Kumamoto, JP;
Ina Hori, Kumamoto, JP;
Takayuki Shoya, Kumamoto, JP;
Yukihiro Sayama, Kagoshima, JP;
Masaya Shimoji, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Kumamoto, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including a solid-state image pickup element operable to produce an electric charge according to the amount of light received, a lens disposed on the upper side of a pixel of the solid-state image pickup element, a protective film which covers the upper side of the lens and a surface of which is flattened, and a surface film which is formed at the surface of the protective film and which is higher in hydrophilicity than the inside of the protective film.