Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorsShouichirou Shiraishi, Takuya Maruyama, Shinichiro Yagi, Shohei Shimada, Shinya Sato
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Abstract
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array unit, a plurality of pixels being two-dimensionally arranged in the pixel array unit, a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices being formed with respect to one on-chip lens in each of the plurality of pixels, a part of at least one of an inter-pixel separation unit formed between the plurality of pixels and an inter-pixel light blocking unit formed between the plurality of pixels protruding toward a center of the corresponding pixel in a projecting shape to form a projection portion.
Claims19
An imaging device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally in a plan view,
- wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion region and a second photoelectric conversion region,
- wherein the pixels of the plurality of pixels are separated from one another by an inter-pixel separation unit in the plan view,
- wherein, in the plan view, the inter-pixel separation unit has at least two protrusions extending in each pixel of the plurality of pixels, and
- wherein, for each pixel and in the plan view, the at least two protrusions protrude toward a center of the pixel.
An imaging device, comprising:
- a plurality of on-chip lenses;
- a plurality of color filters;
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- a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally in a plan view, each pixel including first and second photoelectric conversion regions formed in a silicon layer,
- wherein one on-chip lens and one color filter are provided for each pixel,
- wherein the pixels are separated from one another by an inter-pixel separation unit,
- wherein, for each of the pixels, first and second parts of the inter-pixel separation unit protrude towards a center of the pixel as first and second projection portions, and
- wherein for each of the pixels the first and second projection portions extend along a same line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.