PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoelectric converter having a condensing lens with a sufficient lens thickness, a desired shape, and high condensing efficiency. SOLUTION: The photoelectric converter has a light concentrating plate 13 that allows a plurality of recesses 17 for covering each of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 3 to be formed on one surface in advance, and is arranged on a conductive substrate 1 so that each recess 17 is fitted to each photoelectric conversion element 3, so that the light concentrating plate 13 is formed separately, thus manufacturing the condensing lens having a sufficient lens thickness and a desired shape, hence manufacturing the condensing lens having high condensing efficiency, reducing the number of semiconductors to be used, and providing the photoelectric converter that is made light and inexpensive. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT