Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorAtsushi Toda
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Abstract
To provide a sensor capable of enhancing reliability and image quality. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a functional element, a spectroscopic element, a semiconductor substrate, and a photoelectric conversion element formed in the semiconductor substrate, in which the spectroscopic element is disposed between the functional element and the photoelectric conversion element, and the functional element corrects incident light to light in a direction substantially perpendicular to the photoelectric conversion element.
Claims14
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a functional element;
- a spectroscopic element;
- a semiconductor substrate;
- and
- a photoelectric conversion element formed in the semiconductor substrate,
- wherein the spectroscopic element is disposed between the functional element and the photoelectric conversion element,
- wherein the functional element is configured to correct incident light to light in a direction perpendicular to the photoelectric conversion element, and
- wherein a correcting power to correct the incident light to the light in the direction perpendicular to the photoelectric conversion element varies based on a size of image height with reference to a center of an imaging surface.
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a functional element;
- a spectroscopic element;
- a semiconductor substrate;
- and
- a photoelectric conversion element formed in the semiconductor substrate,
- wherein the spectroscopic element is disposed between the functional element and the photoelectric conversion element,
- wherein the functional element has a refractive index distribution structure that is asymmetric,
- wherein the asymmetry of the refractive index distribution structure varies based on a size of an image height with reference to a center of an imaging surface, and
- wherein the functional element is configured to correct incident light to light in a direction perpendicular to the photoelectric conversion element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.