Solid-state imaging device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorMitsuhiro Tsukimura
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Abstract
A plurality of first pixels P1 corresponding to color filters of two or more colors constitute a pixel group. A plurality of the pixel groups are arranged so that each of the pixel groups corresponds to one of second pixels P2. The light which is transmitted through the color filters enters first photoelectric conversion units of the first pixels P1 corresponding to the color filters. The light which is transmitted through the pixel group enters a second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel P2 corresponding to the pixel group. The number of colors of the color filters corresponding to the plurality of first pixels P1 that constitute the pixel group, and the number of the first pixels P1 corresponding to each color are equal to each other among the plurality of pixel groups.
Claims3
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a first substrate configured such that a plurality of first pixels having first photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix;
- a second substrate configured such that a plurality of second pixels having second photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix;
- and
- a plurality of color filters arranged corresponding to each of the first pixels,
- wherein a plurality of the first pixels corresponding to the color filters of two or more colors constitute a pixel group,
- wherein a plurality of the pixel groups are arranged so that each of the pixel groups corresponds to one of the second pixels,
- wherein a light which is transmitted through the color filters enters the first photoelectric conversion units of the first pixels corresponding to the color filters,
- wherein a light which is transmitted through the pixel group enters the second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel corresponding to the pixel group,
- wherein the number of colors of the color filters corresponding to the plurality of first pixels that constitute the pixel group, and the number of the first pixels corresponding to each color are equal to each other among the plurality of pixel groups,
- wherein the color filters include:
- R filters having a peak of transmittance in a red wavelength band;
- G filters having a peak of transmittance in a green wavelength band;
- and
- B filters having a peak of transmittance in a blue wavelength band, and
- wherein the pixel group includes two or more of the first pixels corresponding to the R filters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.