IP Library Granted Patent US 7,656,453
Granted Patent B2
US 7,656,453 · App. 11/231,756 · Granted Feb 2, 2010

Solid-state imaging device having characteristic color unit depending on color, manufacturing method thereof and camera

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Patent No.
US 7,656,453
App. No.
11/231,756
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The solid-state imaging device of the present invention includes: light-receiving units formed on a semiconductor substrate; color filters respectively formed on corresponding light-receiving units; and in-layer lenses formed above the light-receiving units and below the color filters, in which the in-layer lenses have different curvature shapes depending on colors of the corresponding color filters.

Claims (18)

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:

a plurality of light-receiving units, each of which is operable to perform photoelectric conversion of light; and

a plurality of color units respectively corresponding to said light-receiving units,

wherein each of said color units comprises:

a color filter having any one color selected from a plurality of colors; and

an in-layer lens located above a respective one of said light-receiving units and below said color filter,

wherein the in-layer lens of at least one of said color units has an upward convex shape, and

wherein said color filter has a shape of lens and a curvature shape that is different depending on the selected color of said color filter.

2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a curvature of said in-layer lens is different depending on the selected color of said color filter.

3. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the in-layer lens of at least one of said color units has an upward concave shape.

4. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said color filters has a color which is one of red, green, and blue, and

curvatures of said color filters respectively corresponding to red, green, and blue color filters are smaller in the order of red, green, and blue.

5. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of said color filters has a color which is one of red, green, and blue, and

curvatures of said in-layer lenses respectively corresponding to red, green, and blue color filters are smaller in the order of red, green, and blue.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033021/0806 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 13, 2014
From: COLLABO INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031997/0445 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2005
From: NISHI, YOSHIAKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016770/0705 →