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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Ichihiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Ichihiro Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor IC includes: light receiving elements disposed linearly adjacent to each other on a surface of a quadrilateral semiconductor substrate having opposite parallel sides, and disposed oblique to at least one set of opposite sides from a predetermined position on one side thereof to be opposed in the semiconductor substrate to a predetermined position on the other side thereof; and interpolation elements provided at one end portion or both end portions of the one set of opposite sides on a side of a region in which an angle formed by the linearly disposed light receiving elements and the set of opposite sides is obtuse, the interpolation elements having an oblique angle to the linearly disposed light receiving elements and receiving light on an outer side of the linearly disposed light receiving elements.