Patent ID: 8525199

Claim:
A solid-state image capturing device, comprising: a plurality of light receiving sections arranged such that locations thereof in each pixel unit are different according to a sequence; and microlenses arranged above the plurality of light receiving sections so as to correspond to the plurality of light receiving sections, wherein some or all of adjacent microlenses among the microlenses are close to each other such that their respective peripheral portions overlap, and the microlenses are formed with a shape of lens where overlapped lens portions thereof are cut off so the microlenses are adjacent to each other such that the microlenses have flat portions in contact with flat portions of adjacent microlenses, and light incident upon each of the microlenses is focused upon the same position on a corresponding light receiving section, and wherein locations of adjacent microlenses are different, with respect to corresponding adjacent light receiving sections, in accordance with gaps of different size between corresponding adjacent light receiving sections, a contact area of the flat portions of adjacent microlenses is different in accordance with gaps of different size between the corresponding adjacent light receiving sections, and the overlapped lens portions are completely cut off to form the flat portions of the adjacent microlenses contacting each other.