Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and electronic device having the same
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Application No.: US15353692Application Date: 2016-11-16
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Publication No.: US10379317B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Shuichi Shimokawa , Sangmin Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR10-2015-0160330 20151116
- Main IPC: G02B7/28
- IPC: G02B7/28 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/3745 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/347

Abstract:
An image sensor according to an embodiment may include a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels may include first, second, third and fourth photodiodes configured to convert light into an electric signal, and an electric circuit configured to add at least two of the electrical signals converted respectively by the first, second, third and fourth photodiodes and then output the added signals. An electronic device according to an embodiment may include the image sensor. The image sensor and the electronic device may offer an auto focusing function by controlling signals converted by and outputted from the plurality of photodiodes. Other various embodiments are possible.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170142325A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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