Patent ID: 9231004
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G02B,H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus having an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, the plurality of pixels including a first pixel arranged near a center of the imaging region, and a second pixel arranged at a position farther away from the center of the imaging region than the first pixel, the first pixel including a first micro lens having a substantially circular shape as viewed in a plan view, and the second pixel including a second micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape as viewed in a plan view and having an area larger than an area of the first micro lens, the imaging region having a rectangular shape and having a first side and a second side that is adjacent to the first side, the second pixel being arranged at a position closer to the first side than the first pixel in a direction along the second side, and the second micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape in a direction along with second side, the plurality of pixels further including a third pixel positioned between the first pixel and the second pixel, and the third pixel having a third micro lens, the third micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape as viewed in a plan view and having an area larger than the area of the first micro lens and smaller than the area of the second micro lens.