Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors
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Application No.: US17543967Application Date: 2021-12-07
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Publication No.: US11721713B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Seungjoon Lee , Kyungho Lee , Jungbin Yun , Junghyung Pyo
- 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: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR 20210046646 2021.04.09
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; H01L27/148 ; H04N23/67 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups including a plurality of unit pixels and sharing a single microlens, the plurality of unit pixels in each of the plurality of pixel groups including color filters of the same color, and a control logic configured to group the plurality of unit pixels of each of the plurality of pixel groups into a plurality of subgroups and to drive the pixel array for each subgroup. The plurality of subgroups include a first subgroup and a second subgroup. The control logic may be configured to obtain first image data corresponding to the first subgroup and second image data corresponding to the second subgroup, and the first subgroup and the second subgroup are provided with at least one unit pixel therebetween in the first direction or the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220328548A1 IMAGE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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