Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and image-capturing device
- Patent Title (中): 固态图像传感器和图像捕获装置
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Application No.: US14618935Application Date: 2015-02-10
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Publication No.: US09565381B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- 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. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2014-025834 20140213
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/369 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
A ranging pixel located in a peripheral region of a solid-state image sensor includes a microlens having a center axis that is shifted relative to a center axis of the ranging pixel, a first waveguide, and a second waveguide. The first waveguide is disposed on a side of the center axis of the ranging pixel that is in a direction opposite to a direction (projection shift direction) obtained by projecting a shift direction of the microlens onto a straight line connecting a center of the first waveguide and a center of the second waveguide, and the second waveguide is disposed on another side of the center axis of the ranging pixel that is in a direction identical to the projection shift direction of the microlens. In addition, at least one of the difference between the refractive indices of the core and the clad and the cross-sectional area of the core is greater in the first waveguide than in the second waveguide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150229833A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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