Patent ID: 9293504
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A solid-state image pickup device, comprising: a filter section including filters that are disposed corresponding to respective pixels, each filter allowing light of a predetermined color corresponding to one of the respective pixels to transmit therethrough and each pixel being configured to receive light of the predetermined color; and a microlens array section including a plurality of microlenses each configured to collect light for a corresponding one of the respective pixels, the plurality of microlenses being stacked with respect to the filter section and being arranged in an array pattern corresponding to the respective pixels, wherein the plurality of microlenses have two or more shapes that are different from one another corresponding to colors of light to be received by the respective pixels, wherein each microlens of the plurality of microlenses includes an end portion that is in contact with an end portion of an adjacent microlens and some microlenses of the plurality of microlenses include an end portion that overlaps an end portion of an adjacent microlens in a depth direction, and wherein center portions of each microlens of the plurality of microlenses that includes the end portion that is in contact with the end portion of the adjacent microlens and center portions of some microlenses of the plurality of microlenses that include the end portion that overlaps the end portion of the adjacent microlens in the depth direction are disposed on microlens material of the adjacent microlens.