Patent ID: 8456563

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging unit in which a plurality of light sensing units are formed in a matrix and a plurality of interconnections are formed among the plurality of light sensing units; a color filter that is disposed above the imaging unit, and delivers colors to the light sensing units in accordance with a color coding scheme; and on-chip lenses that are disposed so as to correspond to the light sensing units on a one-to-one basis above the color filter, and have light-collection characteristics that vary in accordance with differences among sensitivities of the light sensing units, wherein, the differences among the sensitivities of the light sensing units occur where the same colors are delivered to the light sensing units in accordance with a same rule, owing to the fact that positions of the individual interconnections relative to the light sensing units vary periodically, a portion of the solid-state imaging device is provided with on-chip lenses that have light-collection characteristics such that light collection of light sensing units of the same rule within the portion is greater near a center line of the solid-state imaging device than light sensing units of the same rule that are within the portion and farther away from the center line, and the light-collection characteristics render the light sensitivities of the light sensing units of the same rule more uniform.