Patent · US Active

Photoelectric conversion apparatus and method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion apparatus

US8754969B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
1References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 2012
Grant dateJun 17, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 14, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/8063

Abstract

In a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of focus detection pixels, each focus detection pixel including a photoelectric conversion element, the photoelectric conversion element having a light receiving surface, and a plurality of wiring layers to read a signal supplied by the photoelectric conversion element, the photoelectric conversion apparatus further includes a light shielding film covering a part of the photoelectric conversion element and having the lower surface positioned closer to a plane, which includes a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element and which is parallel to the light receiving surface, than a lower surface of the lowermost one of the plurality of wiring layers.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.