IP Library Granted Patent US 9,054,001
Granted Patent B2
US 9,054,001 · App. 14/027,854 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Imaging device

Inventor: Yasuhiro Fukunaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
H01L27/14625H01L27/14621H01L27/14643
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Patent No.
US 9,054,001
App. No.
14/027,854
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device includes: an R pixel that is made of an organic material and includes a photodiode on which an organic film color filter that transmits red light is formed; a G pixel that is made of an organic material and includes a photodiode on which an organic film color filter that transmits green light is formed; a B pixel that is made of an organic material and includes a photodiode on which an organic film color filter that transmits blue light is formed; and an FPF pixel including a photodiode on which a Fabry-Perot filter in which an intermediate layer interposed between dielectric layers is made of a material that transmits light is formed. The R pixel, the G pixel, the B pixel, and the FPF pixel are periodically arranged.

Claims (20)

1. An imaging device comprising:

an R pixel which is made of an organic material and includes a first photodiode, wherein a first color filter that transmits red light is formed on the first photodiode;

a G pixel which is made of an organic material and includes a second photodiode, wherein a second color filter that transmits green light is formed on the second photodiode;

a B pixel which is made of an organic material and includes a third photodiode, wherein a third color filter that transmits blue light is formed on the third photodiode; and

an FPF pixel which includes a fourth photodiode, wherein a Fabry-Perot filter in which an intermediate layer interposed between a first partial reflection layer and a second partial reflection layer is made of a material that transmits light is formed on the fourth photodiode,

wherein the R pixel, the G pixel, the B pixel, and the FPF pixel are periodically arranged.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first unit pixel in which one R pixel, two G pixels, and one B pixel are arranged in a Bayer pattern and a second unit pixel in which two G pixels and two FPF pixels are alternately arranged are periodically arranged.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the FPF pixels are provided, and

the intermediate layers of the plurality of FPF pixels have different thicknesses.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the FPF pixels are provided, and

an organic film-stacked pixel that is formed by stacking at least two color filters made of an organic material and includes a photodiode on which a filter with a central transmission band of 600 nm or less is formed is used instead of part of the plurality of FPF pixels.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a permittivity of one of a first member forming the first partial reflection layer and a second member forming the second partial reflection layer is higher than a permittivity of the other member,

the intermediate layer is made of silicon dioxide, and

silver is not used in the first partial reflection layer and the second partial reflection layer.

6. The imaging device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a first unit pixel in which one R pixel, two G pixels, and one B pixel are arranged in a Bayer pattern and a second unit pixel in which two G pixels and two FPF pixels are alternately arranged are periodically arranged.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2013
From: FUKUNAGA, YASUHIRO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031214/0384 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-208597 · Sep 21, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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