Patent ID: 9438762
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image sensor IC comprising: light receiving elements disposed linearly adjacent to each other on a surface of a quadrilateral semiconductor substrate having two sets of opposite parallel sides and corresponding sets of opposite vertices, and disposed oblique to said two sets of opposite sides from a first predetermined position adjacent one side of one of the two sets of opposite sides, to be opposed in said semiconductor substrate to a second predetermined position adjacent the other side of said one of the two sets of opposite sides, the first and second predetermined positions being closer to vertices of one set of opposite vertices than the other set of opposite vertices; an interpolation element provided at an end portion of said one side or said other side on a side of a region in which an angle formed by said linearly disposed light receiving elements and said one side or said other side is obtuse, said interpolation element having an oblique angle to the linearly disposed light receiving elements and receiving light on an outer side of said linearly disposed light receiving elements; and a plurality of said semiconductor substrates arranged at an equal pitch, said light receiving elements and said interpolation elements of the plurality of semiconductor substrates respectively extending in a straight line.