Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including a pixel unit having an autofocusing pixel and a normal pixel and driving method thereof
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Application No.: US15461929Application Date: 2017-03-17
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Publication No.: US10270996B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Kyung Ho Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0111089 20160830
- Main IPC: H04N5/04
- IPC: H04N5/04 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N9/077 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An image sensor according to some example embodiments includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of transmission signal lines and a plurality of output signal lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of transmission signal lines and the plurality of output signal lines. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which are configured to detect and photoelectrically convert incident light. The plurality of pixels include at least one autofocusing pixel and at least one normal pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180063456A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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