Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and image sensing system
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Application No.: US17571682Application Date: 2022-01-10
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Publication No.: US12022212B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Ha Na Choi , Hong Hyun Jeon , Ji Eun Lee , Won Chul Choi
- 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 Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR 20210050317 2021.04.19
- Main IPC: H04N25/46
- IPC: H04N25/46 ; H01L23/00 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N25/11 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel group. The pixel group includes a first color filter, first to third photodiodes below the first color filter such that the first color filter overlaps each of the first to third third photodiodes in a vertical direction, wherein the first to third photodiodes are arranged in a first direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, first to third floating diffusions configured to accumulate electric charges generated by the first to third photodiodes, respectively, a source follower transistor configured to output a first pixel signal based on the electric charges accumulated in at least one of the first to third floating diffusions, and a first metal layer configured to receive the first pixel signal from the source follower transistor, wherein the first metal layer extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the first to third floating diffusions are arranged in the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220337764A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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