| US 7,515,342 B2 | ||
| Solid-state imaging device equipped with light converging micro-lenses and camera apparatus using the same | ||
| Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama (Japan); Masatoki Nakabayashi, Kawasaki (Japan); and Kenichi Nakamura, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/776,372. | ||
| Application 11/776372 is a division of application No. 11/358410, filed on Feb. 22, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-047460 (JP), filed on Feb. 23, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0252909 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—619 [348/340] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:
a plurality of photo receivers arranged in a two-dimensional array on a semiconductor substrate, the photo receivers receiving
exit light from an imaging optical system; and
a plurality of condensing lenses arranged over said plurality of photo receivers, respectively,
wherein:
said plurality of photo receivers are arranged at equal pitches;
said plurality of condensing lenses are arranged at smaller pitches than said plurality of photo receivers in a region where
an image height is zero;
said plurality of condensing lenses are arranged at greater pitches in a region where the image height is larger than zero
than in the region where the image height is zero; and
said plurality of condensing lenses are arranged at smaller pitches than said plurality of photo receivers in a central part
of an image area, and said plurality of condensing lenses are arranged at greater pitches than said plurality of photo receivers
around the image area.
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