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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Mitsuhiro Yomori, Ebina, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Yomori, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a microlens provided in a pixel area and a monitoring structure provided in a peripheral area that is separate from the pixel area. The monitoring structure has a shape correlated with a shape of the microlens. A shape of a section of the monitoring structure in a plane perpendicular to a substrate is constant.