Patent ID: 9704901
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate containing a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a color filter layer including a first color filter component and a second color filter component disposed above the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first color filter component is separated from the second color filter component; and a microlens structure including a first microlens element disposed on the first color filter component and a second microlens element disposed on the second color filter component, wherein the first microlens element is separated from the second microlens element, the first color filter component has a thickness that is different from a thickness of the second color filter component, and the first microlens element has a height that is different from a height of the second microlens element; and a gap between the first and second color filter components and between the first and second microlens elements, wherein the gap is filled with air.