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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Tange, Yokohama, JP;
Ginjiro Toyoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device includes an array of a first pixel and a second pixel. The second pixel includes a light shielding portion provided above a photoelectric conversion portion thereof and configured to block some of incident light so as to perform focus detection, and a light guiding portion provided at least above an upper face of the light shielding portion.