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Granted Patent B2
US 11,776,977 · App. 16/794,365 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Laminate and solid-state imaging element

Inventor: Yoshinori Taguchi (Haibara-gun, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H01L27/14621C08J7/0423G02B5/201
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Patent No.
US 11,776,977
App. No.
16/794,365
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminate includes a colored layer and a light attenuating layer, in which the colored layer and the light attenuating layer are laminated, and a difference ΔT 1 between a maximum value and a minimum value of light transmittance of the light attenuating layer in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm is 10% or less.

Claims (53)

1. A solid-state imaging element comprising:

a plurality of disposed unit pixels,

wherein each of the unit pixels has a first photoelectric converter portion and a second photoelectric converter portion,

a laminate is disposed on a side of the first photoelectric converter portion to which light is incident,

the laminate includes a colored layer and a light attenuating layer laminated to each other,

each of the colored layer and the light attenuating layer contains the same resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin, and

a difference ΔT 1 between a maximum value and a minimum value of light transmittance of the light attenuating layer in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm is 10% or less.

2. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the difference ΔT 1 is 6.0% or less.

3. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference ΔT 2 between a maximum value and a minimum value of light transmittance of the light attenuating layer in a wavelength range of 700 to 1000 nm is 10% or less.

4. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 3 , wherein the difference ΔT 2 is 6.0% or less.

5. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein light transmittance of the light attenuating layer at a wavelength of 550 nm is 5.0% to 75%.

6. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 5 , wherein light transmittance of the light attenuating layer at a wavelength of 550 nm is 5.0% to 20%.

7. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the light attenuating layer contains an inorganic pigment and a colorant different from the inorganic pigment.

8. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 7 ,

wherein the inorganic pigment is at least one selected from the group consisting of nitride containing at least one of metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, and Ta; oxide containing the metal; and oxynitride containing the metal.

9. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 8 , wherein the inorganic pigment is at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, titanium oxynitride, and zirconium oxynitride.

10. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 8 , wherein

the colorant is a carbon black or an organic pigment, and

the organic pigment is at least one selected from the group consisting of a yellow pigment, a violet pigment, an orange pigment, and a red pigment.

11. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 10 , wherein the organic pigment is a yellow pigment and a violet pigment.

12. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the first photoelectric converter portion is less sensitive than the second photoelectric converter portion.

13. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 12 , wherein a lens for condensing incident light is not formed on the first photoelectric converter portion.

14. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second laminate in which a colored layer and a transparent layer are laminated,

wherein the second laminate is disposed on a side of the second photoelectric converter portion to which light is incident.

15. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 14 , wherein each of the light attenuating layer and the transparent layer contains the same resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin.

16. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the unit pixels having the second photoelectric converter portion is larger than an area of the unit pixels having the first photoelectric converter portion.

17. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a total area of the unit pixels in which the laminate is disposed to a total area of the unit pixels included in the solid-state imaging element is in a range of 5.0% to 30%.

18. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein a lens for condensing incident light is formed on the first photoelectric converter portion.

19. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 18 , wherein the lens contains at least one of a resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin.

20. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 19 , wherein the light attenuating layer further contains the same resin as the lens.

21. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 19 , wherein the colored layer further contains the same resin as the lens.

22. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 18 , wherein the colored layer, the light attenuating layer, and the lens contain the same resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin.

23. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 18 , wherein the lens is a glass lens.

24. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the unit pixel includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel.

25. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 24 , wherein

the red pixel contains at least one of pigment selected from the group consisting of PR254, PR264, PR177, and PY139,

the green pixel contains at least one of pigment selected from the group consisting of PG58, PG59, PG36, PG7, PY139, PY185, and PY150, and

the blue pixel contains at least one of pigment selected from the group consisting of PB15:6, PB16, and PV23.

26. A solid-state imaging element comprising:

a plurality of disposed unit pixels,

wherein each of the unit pixels has a first photoelectric converter portion and a second photoelectric converter portion,

a laminate is disposed on a side of the first photoelectric converter portion to which light is incident,

the laminate includes a colored layer and a light attenuating layer laminated to each other,

each of the colored layer and the light attenuating layer contains the same resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin,

the colored layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of a green colored layer, a red colored layer, a blue colored layer, a cyan colored layer, a magenta colored layer, and a yellow colored layer; and

the light attenuating layer contains an inorganic pigment and a colorant different from the inorganic pigment.

27. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 26 , wherein the difference ΔT 1 between a maximum value and a minimum value of light transmittance of the light attenuating layer in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm is 10% or less.

28. A laminate comprising:

a colored layer and a light attenuating layer laminated to each other,

wherein each of the colored layer and the light attenuating layer contains the same resin selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic resin, an acrylic resin, a phenol resin, a melamine resin, an epoxy resin, a urea resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, and an alkyd resin,

a difference ΔT1 between a maximum value and a minimum value of light transmittance of the light attenuating layer in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm is 10% or less, and

the light transmittance of the light attenuating layer at a wavelength of 550 nm is 5.0% to 45%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: TAGUCHI, YOSHINORI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051854/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-184683 · Sep 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018033005 · Sep 6, 2018
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