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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Terauchi, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Mori, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Okino, Osaka, JP;
Motonori Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Saitou, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Otake, Toyama, JP;
Kazuo Fujiwara, Toyama, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimada, Kyoto, JP;
Yutaka Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged includes a silicon layer; a plurality of photodiodes which are formed in the silicon layer to correspond to the pixels and generate signal charges by performing photoelectric conversion on incident light; and a plurality of color filters formed above the silicon layer to correspond to the plurality of the pixels. A protrusion is formed in a region on a side of the silicon layer between adjacent ones of the color filters wherein the protrusion has a refractive index lower than refractive indices of the adjacent ones of the color filters and, each of the color filters is in contact with the adjacent ones of the color filters, above the protrusion.