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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Ogita, Kumamoto, JP;
Atsushi Yamamoto, Kumamoto, JP;
Keiji Tatani, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoichi Ootsuka, Kumamoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of color filter components having a first color filter component and a second color filter component; a light shielding portion, at least a part of which is disposed between the first and second color filter components in a cross-section view; and a transparent film, at least a first part of which is disposed between the first color filter component and the light shielding portion in the cross-section view. A surface of the transparent film facing to the first and second color filter components is nonplanar, and a thickness of the transparent film is less than a thickness of the light shielding portion.