IP Library Granted Patent US 8,222,705
Granted Patent B2
US 8,222,705 · App. 12/775,830 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Solid-state image pickup device, method of manufacturing the same and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,222,705
App. No.
12/775,830
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including: a trench formed in an insulating film above a light-receiving portion; a first waveguide core portion provided on an inner wall side of the trench; a second waveguide core portion filled in the trench via the first waveguide core portion; and a rectangular lens formed of the same material as that of the second waveguide core portion and provided integrally with the second waveguide core portion.

Claims (14)

1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising:

a trench formed in an insulating film above a light-receiving portion;

a first waveguide core portion provided on an inner wall side of the trench;

a second waveguide core portion filled in the trench via the first waveguide core portion; and

a rectangular lens formed of the same material as that of the second waveguide core portion and provided integrally with the second waveguide core portion.

2. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1 ,wherein the first waveguide core portion is formed of an inorganic material and the second waveguide core portion and the rectangular lens are formed of an organic material.

3. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the first waveguide core portion is formed of silicon nitride and the second waveguide core portion and the rectangular lens are formed of a photosensitive material.

4. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the rectangular lens with respect to an optical axis of the light-receiving portion is set according to a position of the light-receiving portion in a chip.

5. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the rectangular lens is formed in a multi-stepped manner.

6. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein an on-chip lens is disposed above the rectangular lens.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a solid-state image pickup device including (a) a trench formed in an insulating film above a light-receiving portion, (b) a first waveguide core portion provided on an inner wall side of the trench, and (c) a second waveguide core portion filled in the trench via the first waveguide core portion;

a signal processing portion processing a signal based on electric charge created by the solid-state image pickup device; and

a rectangular lens formed of the same material as that of the second waveguide core portion and provided integrally with the second waveguide core portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040419/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2010
From: OGINO, AKIKO; SAYAMA, YUKIHIRO; SHOYA, TAKAYUKI; SHIMOJI, MASAYA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024354/0127 →