Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and image capturing apparatus using the same
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Application No.: US14908821Application Date: 2014-07-28
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Publication No.: US09627427B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Aihiko Numata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2013-159139 20130731
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/003950 WO 20140728
- International Announcement: WO2015/015790 WO 20150205
- Main IPC: H01L31/0232
- IPC: H01L31/0232 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
The present invention provides a solid-state image sensor in which degradation in image quality can be reduced. The solid-state image sensor includes an optical isolation layer between a pupil dividing unit and a plurality of photoelectric conversion units. The optical isolation layer includes a plurality of high-refractive-index areas and a low-refractive-index area having a lower refractive index than that of the high-refractive-index areas. The high-refractive-index areas are disposed above the photoelectric conversion units, and the low-refractive-index area is disposed between the high-refractive-index areas. The refractive index changes stepwise at the boundaries between the high-refractive-index areas and the low-refractive-index area. The refractive index difference of the stepwise changing portion is 0.15 or more. A value obtained by multiplying the physical thickness of the optical isolation layer by the refractive index of the high-refractive-index areas is 2.0 or less times as large as the wavelength of incident light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160172390A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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