Patent ID: 6995800
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of image pickup areas each of which includes photoelectric conversion areas arranged two-dimensionally; image pickup lenses provided correspondingly to the plurality of image pickup areas respectively; microlenses for converging light, arranged between the image pickup lenses and the photoelectric conversion areas correspondingly to the photoelectric conversion areas respectively; and opening portions provided correspondingly to the photoelectric conversion areas respectively, through each of which the light is incident onto the corresponding photoelectric conversion area, wherein color filters of a same color are arranged in each of the plurality of image pickup areas so that the color filters of different three colors are arranged in the plurality of image pickup areas respectively, wherein in a peripheral area of each of the plurality of image pickup areas, positions of the microlenses and the opening portions are shifted toward the center of each image pickup area more than the corresponding photoelectric conversion areas, and wherein shift amounts of microlenses with respect to the corresponding photoelectric conversions areas differs between at least two of the plurality of image pickup areas wherein the color filters of the different colors are arranged respectively.