Image sensing element and optical instrument having improved incident light use efficiency
First Claim
1. An image sensing element comprising:
- a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arrayed in one dimension or two dimensions; and
a low refractive index part provided at a. periphery of said high refractive index part,wherein an interface between said high refractive index part and said low refractive index part has a surface that is substantially parallel to the optical axis of an image sensing lens and a slanted surface of an angle different from that of the parallel surface,and the slanted surface is disposed on a portion of a surface near the optical axis of the image sensing lens, the portion being on a side that light rays from the image sensing lens enter the image sensing element.
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Abstract
An image sensing element having a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in one or two dimensions and a low refractive index part provided on the periphery of the high refractive index part. The interface between the high refractive index part and the low refractive index part has a surface that is substantially parallel to the optical axis of an image sensing lens and a slanted surface having an angle that differs from that of the parallel surface. The slanted surface is disposed on a portion of a surface near the optical axis of the image sensing lens, the portion being on a side that light rays from the image sensing lens enters the image sensing element.
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11 Claims
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1. An image sensing element comprising:
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a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arrayed in one dimension or two dimensions; and a low refractive index part provided at a. periphery of said high refractive index part, wherein an interface between said high refractive index part and said low refractive index part has a surface that is substantially parallel to the optical axis of an image sensing lens and a slanted surface of an angle different from that of the parallel surface, and the slanted surface is disposed on a portion of a surface near the optical axis of the image sensing lens, the portion being on a side that light rays from the image sensing lens enter the image sensing element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A solid-state image sensing element composed of a plurality of pixels arranged on a projected image formation surface of an image sensing lens, each pixel comprising:
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a microlens; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts incident light into an electrical signal; and a light-directing unit composed of a transparent, high refractive index material, disposed between said microlens and said photoelectric conversion unit and directing light from said microlens to said photoelectric conversion unit, wherein said light-directing unit having a shape that differs depending on the position of each of the plurality of pixels in the solid-state image sensing element, such shape satisfying conditions for total reflection of light entering from said microlens within said light-directing unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A solid-state image sensing element composed of a plurality of pixels arranged on a projected image formation surface of an image sensing lens, each pixel comprising:
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a microlens; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts incident light into an electrical signal; and a light-directing unit composed of a transparent, high refractive index material, disposed between said microlens and said photoelectric conversion unit and directing light from said microlens to said photoelectric conversion unit, wherein said light-directing unit having a shape such that a curvature on a periphery side of the solid-state image sensing element decreases the farther the pixel is positioned from the center of the solid-state image sensing element, and of such shape and light-gathering power as to gather light entering from the microlens substantially entirely within the area of said photoelectric conversion unit. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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