Patent ID: 9319607
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A solid-state imaging sensor provided with a plurality of pixels which convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system into an electrical signal, at least a portion of the plurality of pixels being ranging pixels in which a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit are provided in alignment in a first direction, and when a region of the solid-state imaging sensor is divided into a first region and a second region by a straight line perpendicular to the first direction and passing through the center of the solid-state imaging sensor; then in more than half of the ranging pixels in a region of the first region that is distanced by no less than a predetermined distance from the straight line, a surface area in an imaging plane of the first photoelectric conversion unit is greater than a surface area in an imaging plane of the second photoelectric conversion unit; and in more than half of the ranging pixels in a region of the second region that is distanced by no less than a predetermined distance from the straight line, the surface area in the imaging plane of the second photoelectric conversion unit is greater than the surface area in the imaging plane of the first photoelectric conversion unit.