Patent ID: 9673241
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. A solid-state image sensor comprising: a photodetector array in which a plurality of photodetectors of a first type and a plurality of photodetectors of a second type are arranged two-dimensionally within an image capturing plane so that some of those photodetectors of the second type which are located in multiple different mutually intersecting directions with respect to each said photodetector of the first type are adjacent to the photodetector of the first type; a light-splitting element array in which a plurality of light-splitting elements, each including a phase filter, are arranged two-dimensionally and which is configured so that each of the plurality of light-splitting elements faces an associated one of the photodetectors of the first type; and a color filter array in which color filters with multiple different transmission properties are arranged, wherein;