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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takakusagi, Atsugi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising a plurality of pixels respectively including photoelectric conversion portions arranged on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the plurality of pixels include pixels for imaging arranged according to a Bayer array and pixels for focus detection each having a light-shielding portion with an opening, and the opening of the light-shielding portion of a first pixel for focus detection arranged in a position where a red pixel of the Bayer array is to be arranged is made larger than that of a second pixel for focus detection arranged in a position where a blue pixel of the Bayer array is to be arranged.