Imaging apparatus and camera system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9294697-B2
Application number	US-201414315967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2014
Priority date	Jul 9, 2013
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

An imaging apparatus that forms an image of a light beam transmitted through an imaging lens on an imaging element includes a laminated material that is provided on the imaging element, the light beam being transmitted through the laminated material, the laminated material being provided at a position at which an end portion of an upper surface of the laminated material allows an outermost light beam out of light beams to be transmitted therethrough, the light beams entering a pixel in an outer end portion of the imaging element in an effective pixel area, the position having a width Hopt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging apparatus that forms an image of a light beam transmitted through an imaging lens on an imaging element, comprising
a laminated material that is provided on the imaging element, the light beam being transmitted through the laminated material, the laminated material being provided at a position at which an end portion of an upper surface of the laminated material allows an outermost light beam out of light beams to be transmitted therethrough, the light beams entering a pixel in an outer end portion of the imaging element in an effective pixel area, the position having a width Hopt, wherein
the width Hopt that allows the outermost light beam to be transmitted therethrough is represented based on a thickness of the laminated material, a focal length of the imaging lens, an F-number of the imaging lens, and an image height of an image sensor, by the following formula:
Hopt=T *( f− 2 *H*Fno )/(2* f*Fno+H )

wherein T, f, Fno, and H represent the thickness of the laminated material, the focal length of the imaging lens, the F-number of the imaging lens, and the image height of the image sensor, respectively.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
based on, in addition to the thickness of the laminated material, the focal length of the imaging lens, the F-number of the imaging lens, and the image height of the image sensor, a refractive index in an area adjacent to an upper side of the laminated material, a refractive index of the laminated material, and a one side angle of incident light beams, the width Hopt is represented by the following formula:
Hopt=T *√{( n 2− n*n ′ sin(θ Fno ))/( n′ 2− n*n ′ sin(θ Fno ))}*( f− 2 *H*Fno )/(2* f*Fno+H )

wherein n, n′, and θFno represent a refractive index in an area adjacent to an upper side of the laminated material, a refractive index of the laminated material, and a one side angle of incident light beams having an F-number of Fno.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the laminated material has a side wall inclined angle θtilt, and the side wall inclined angle θtilt satisfies the following formula:
n ′*sin(θ E )−(2* n )/ n ′*sin 2(θ A )− n *sin(θ A )*sin(θ E )<1

wherein θA and θE represent an incident angle on the laminated material and 90−θtilt, respectively.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a position of an end portion of a lower surface of the laminated material is located at a first distance from a center of the effective pixel area and a position of the end portion of the upper surface of the laminated material is located at a second distance from the center of the effective pixel area, wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper surface of the laminated material has a width larger than one of a width obtained by adding the effective pixel area, the width Hopt, and a lithography tolerance and a width obtained by adding the effective pixel area, the width Hopt, the lithography tolerance, and bonding accuracy of the laminated material.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the laminated material is in contact with the imaging element via an adhesive layer having a width larger than one of the width obtained by adding the effective pixel area, the lithography tolerance, and the bonding accuracy of the laminated material and a width of a lower surface of the laminated material, whichever is larger.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the laminated material is an optical filter.

8. A camera system comprising
an imaging apparatus that forms an image of a light beam transmitted through an imaging lens on an imaging element, the imaging apparatus including
a laminated material that is provided on the imaging element, the light beam being transmitted through the laminated material, the laminated material being provided at a position at which an end portion of an upper surface of the laminated material allows an outermost light beam out of light beams to be transmitted therethrough, the light beams entering a pixel in an outer end portion of the imaging element in an effective pixel area, the position having a width Hopt, wherein

the width Hopt that allows the outermost light beam to be transmitted therethrough is represented based on a thickness of the laminated material, a focal length of the imaging lens, an F-number of the imaging lens, and an image height of an image sensor, by the following formula:
Hopt=T *( f− 2 *H*Fno )/(2* f*Fno+H )

wherein T,f Fno, and H represent the thickness of the laminated material, the focal length of the imaging lens the F-number of the imaging lens, and the image height of the image sensor, respectively.

9. The camera system according to claim 8 , wherein
a position of an end portion of a lower surface of the laminated material is located at a first distance from a center of the effective pixel area and a position of the end portion of the upper surface of the laminated material is located at a second distance from the center of the effective pixel area, wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.

10. The camera system according to claim 8 , wherein
the laminated material is an optical filter.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a position of an end portion of a lower surface of the laminated material is located at a first distance from a center of the effective pixel area and a position of the end portion of the upper surface of the laminated material is located at a second distance from the center of the effective pixel area, wherein the first distance is larger than the second distance.

12. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a position of an end portion of a lower surface of the laminated material is located at a first distance from a center of the effective pixel area and a position of the end portion of the upper surface of the laminated material is located at a second distance from the center of the effective pixel area, wherein the first distance is the same as the second distance.

13. The camera system according to claim 8 , wherein
based on, in addition to the thickness of the laminated material, the focal length of the imaging lens, the F-number of the imaging lens, and the image height of the image sensor, a refractive index in an area adjacent to an upper side of the laminated material, a refractive index of the laminated material, and a one side angle of incident light beams, the width Hopt is represented by the following formula:
Hopt=T *√{( n 2− n*n ′ sin(θ Fno ))/( n′ 2− n*n ′ sin(θ Fno ))}*( f− 2 *H*Fno )/(2* f*Fno+H )

wherein n, n′, and θFno represent a refractive index in an area adjacent to an upper side of the laminated material, a refractive index of the laminated material, and a one side angle of incident light beams having an F-number of Fno.

14. The camera system according to claim 13 , wherein
the laminated material has a side wall inclined angle θtilt, and the side wall inclined angle θtilt satisfies the following formula:
n ′*sin(θ E )−(2* n )/ n ′*sin 2(θ A )− n *sin(θ A )*sin(θ E )<1

wherein θA and θE represent an incident angle on the laminated material and 90−θtilt, respectively.

15. The camera system according to claim 8 , wherein
the upper surface of the laminated material has a width larger than one of a width obtained by adding the effective pixel area, the width Hopt, and a lithography tolerance and a width obtained by adding the effective pixel area, the width Hopt, th

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Iwasaki Masanori
• Ozawa Ken
• Matsuzawa Nobuyuki
• Hobara Daisuke
• Kimura Nozomi

Classifications

• H10W72/5522

  comprising gold [Au] · CPC title

• H10W72/536

  the connected ends being ball-shaped · CPC title

• H04N23/54 Primary

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N25/61

  the noise originating only from the lens unit, e.g. flare, shading, vignetting or "cos4" · CPC title

• H04N25/62

  Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels · CPC title