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US 2012/0057055 A1Published application
Imaging device and imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corproration
InventorSozo Yokogawa
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Abstract
An imaging device includes: an imaging area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire an image are provided; a spectrum area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire a color spectrum are provided; and a filter that is formed above the pixels provided in the spectrum area and allows an electromagnetic wave with a desired wavelength to pass, wherein the filter is formed of a plasmon resonator that is a conductive metal structure having an unevenness structure at a predetermined pitch, and the imaging area and the spectrum area are provided on a single chip.
Claims11
An imaging device comprising:
- an imaging area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire an image are provided;
- a spectrum area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire a color spectrum are provided;
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- a filter that is formed above the pixels provided in the spectrum area and allows an electromagnetic wave with a desired wavelength to pass,
- wherein the filter is formed of a plasmon resonator that is a conductive metal structure having an unevenness structure at a predetermined pitch, and the imaging area and the spectrum area are provided on a single chip.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging device including
- an imaging area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire an image are provided,
- a spectrum area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire a color spectrum are provided, and
- a filter that is formed above the pixels provided in the spectrum area and allows an electromagnetic wave with a desired wavelength to pass,
- wherein the filter is formed of a plasmon resonator that is a conductive metal structure having an unevenness structure at a predetermined pitch, and the imaging area and the spectrum area are provided on a single chip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.