Patent ID: 7847361

Claim:
A solid state imaging device in which a plurality of imaging pixels are arranged two-dimensionally along a main face of a semiconductor substrate with gaps between adjacent imaging pixels, the solid state imaging device comprising: a plurality of light receiving portions that performs photoelectric conversion and have been formed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of imaging pixels; a plurality of color filters that have been formed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of imaging pixels and are disposed above the plurality of light receiving portions; a plurality of light blocking portions that blocks light, each being provided between a different pair of adjacent imaging pixels and having been formed on the main face of the semiconductor substrate to a height in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate that is greater than or substantially equal to top edges of the plurality of color filters; and a plurality of top lenses, each having been formed above a different one of the color filters in the plurality of imaging pixels, wherein each of the light blocking portions includes a part whose cross-sectional area gradually decreases in an upward direction with respect to the thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.