Patent ID: 8780255

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units disposed on an imaging surface of a substrate; and a plurality of inner-layer lenses that are disposed in correspondence with each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units on the upper side of the photoelectric conversion units and are formed in shapes protruding in directions toward the photoelectric conversion units, wherein each of the plurality of inner-layer lenses is formed to have different lens shapes in the center and in the periphery of the imaging surface, wherein the center of each of the plurality of inner-layer lenses is disposed so as to be shifted further to the center side of the imaging surface with respect to the center of the photoelectric conversion unit as the position of the each of the plurality of the inner-layer lenses disposed on the imaging surface is more distant from the center of the imaging surface, wherein the inner-layer lens is formed by stacking a plurality of lens material layers, wherein each of the plurality of lens material layers is formed such that a lower face of a first lens material layer that is the closest to the photoelectric conversion unit of the plurality of lens material layers has an area less than that of an upper face of a second lens material layer that is the most distant from the photoelectric conversion unit of the plurality of lens material layers, and wherein a cross-section of each of the plurality of lens material layers that is perpendicular to the imaging surface includes a tapered portion of which a width that is defined in a direction along the imaging surface is narrowed further in a direction toward the photoelectric conversion unit.