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- Patent Title: Image sensor including at least one autofocusing pixel and at least one normal pixel and driving method thereof
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Application No.: US16844334Application Date: 2020-04-09
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Publication No.: US11223788B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Kyung Ho 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
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0111089 20160830
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N9/04 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/04 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N9/077

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.
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