Patent ID: 8035708

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels provided on a semiconductor substrate, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of photoelectric-conversion units and metal oxide semiconductor transistors that selectively read signals from the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units; an organic-photoelectric-conversion film disposed on the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units, the organic-photoelectric-conversion film configured to absorb a first color; and an organic-color-filter layer disposed on the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units, wherein, only a signal corresponding to the first color is extracted through the organic-photoelectric-conversion film, and signals corresponding to a plurality of colors not including the first color are extracted by a combination of absorption spectroscopy using the organic-color-filter layer and bulk spectroscopy, the organic color filter layer includes a checker pattern of second and third color elements, the checker pattern does not include the first color, the absorption spectroscopy uses absorption spectrums of separate pixels corresponding to the second and third color elements, and the bulk spectroscopy uses silicon bulk corresponding to the plurality of colors not including the first color.