Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including auto-focus pixels
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Application No.: US17714687Application Date: 2022-04-06
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Publication No.: US11889217B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Jeongjin Cho , Youjin Jeong , Taesub Jung
- 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR 20210046100 2021.04.08
- Main IPC: H04N25/77
- IPC: H04N25/77 ; G02B3/00 ; H01L27/146 ; G02B5/20 ; H04N25/11

Abstract:
An image sensor includes; a pixel array including pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the pixels includes a first normal pixel and a first auto focus (AF) pixel adjacent in the first direction, and a second AF pixel and a second normal pixel adjacent in the first direction. Each of the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel includes at least two photodiodes, each of the first normal pixel and the second normal pixel has a quadrangular shape, a first length of the first AF pixel in the first direction is greater than a first length of the first normal pixel in the first direction, and a first length of the second AF pixel in the first direction is greater than a first length of the second normal pixel in the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220329747A1 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING AUTO-FOCUS PIXELS Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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