IP Library Granted Patent US 11,181,672
Granted Patent B2
US 11,181,672 · App. 16/465,702 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Imaging device and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Atsushi Morimitsu (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
G02B5/201G02B5/20H01L27/14H01L27/146H01L27/14621H01L27/14627H01L31/0232H04N9/07
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,181,672
App. No.
16/465,702
Filed
May 31, 2019
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Examiner
LE, TUAN H
Art Unit
2697
USPC
348/294
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an imaging device capable of enhancing an accuracy of detecting a light with a narrow wavelength band, and an electronic apparatus. An imaging device includes a pixel array including an effective region used for obtaining an image and a surrounding region around the effective region, a plurality of kinds of first optical filters configured to transmit a light with a respective different wavelength are provided in respective pixels in the effective region, a second optical filter having a transmission band with a smaller bandwidth than a bandwidth of a transmission band of the first optical filters is provided in a first pixel in the surrounding region, and a third optical filter with a difference in transmission band from the second optical filter of a predetermined wavelength or more, or with a transmissivity equal to or lower than a transmissivity of the second optical filter is provided in a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example.

Claims (27)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a pixel array including an effective region used for obtaining an image and a surrounding region arranged around the effective region,

wherein the effective region includes a plurality of kinds of first optical filters configured to transmit a light with a respective different wavelength in respective pixels in the effective region, and

wherein the surrounding region includes:

a first pixel including a second optical filter having a transmission band with a shorter bandwidth than a bandwidth of a transmission band of the first optical filters, and

a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, the second pixel including a third optical filter with a difference in transmission band from the second optical filter of a predetermined wavelength or more, or with a transmissivity equal to or lower than a transmissivity of the second optical filter, wherein the third optical filter is any of the plurality of kinds of first optical filters included in the effective region.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the second optical filter and a peak wavelength of the third optical filter is the predetermined wavelength or more.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a transmissivity at a peak wavelength of the third optical filter is equal to or lower than a transmissivity at a peak wavelength of the second optical filter.

4. The imaging device according to claim 3 ,

wherein in a case where a difference in transmission band between the second optical filter and the third optical filter is less than the predetermined wavelength, a difference between the transmissivity at the peak wavelength of the second optical filter and the transmissivity at the peak wavelength of the third optical filter is a predetermined threshold or more.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a light shield film is provided on a light incident side of the second pixel, and the light shield film is not provided on a light incident side of the first pixel.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an optical filter with a similar transmission band to a transmission band of the second optical filter is provided in a third pixel with a same image height as an image height of the second pixel.

7. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second optical filter is a plasmon filter.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an imaging device; and

a signal processing part configured to process a signal output from the imaging device,

wherein

the imaging device comprises a pixel array including an effective region used for obtaining an image and a surrounding region around the effective region,

the effective region includes a plurality of kinds of first optical filters configured to transmit a light with a respective different wavelength in respective pixels in the effective region,

the surrounding region includes:

a first pixel including a second optical filter having a transmission band with a smaller bandwidth than a bandwidth of a transmission band of the first optical filters, and

a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, the second pixel including a third optical filter with a difference in transmission band from the second optical filter of a predetermined wavelength or more, or with a transmissivity equal to or lower than a transmissivity of the second optical filter, wherein the third optical filter is any of the plurality of kinds of first optical filters provided in the effective region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: MORIMITSU, ATSUSHI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-241256 · Dec 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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