Solid state image sensor with transparent film on micro-lenses and offsetting positions of micro-lenses and color filters from a central portion of a corresponding light receiving area

A solid-state image sensor comprising:

• light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area;
• color filters corresponding to said light-receiving elements;
• micro-lenses corresponding to said light-receiving elements;
• and
• a transparent film on said micro-lenses,
• wherein, in a central portion of said light-receiving area a corresponding one of said micro-lenses is directly above a corresponding one of said light-receiving elements, and in a portion of said light-receiving area that is closer to a periphery of said light-receiving area than a center of said light-receiving area corresponding ones of said micro-lenses are offset from directly above corresponding ones of said light-receiving elements towards the center of said light-receiving area, and
• wherein, in said central portion of said light-receiving area a corresponding one of said color filters is directly above said corresponding one of said light-receiving elements, and in said portion of said light-receiving area that is closer to the periphery of said light-receiving area than the center of said light-receiving area corresponding ones of said color filters are offset from directly above corresponding ones of said light-receiving elements towards the center of said light-receiving area.