IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:EP4181521A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-17

    申请号:EP22206189.7

    申请日:2022-11-08

    摘要: Provided is an image sensor and an operation method of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of white pixels, a plurality of color pixels, and a plurality of auto focus (AF) pixels, a first shared pixel including the plurality of white pixels and the plurality of color pixels includes a first conversion gain transistor and a second conversion gain transistor configured to control a conversion gain of the first shared pixel, and a second shared pixel including some of the plurality of white pixels and the plurality of color pixels and at least one AF pixel includes a third conversion gain transistor and a fourth conversion gain transistor configured to control a conversion gain of the second shared pixel. The first conversion gain transistor, the second conversion gain transistor, the third conversion gain transistor, and the fourth conversion gain transistor are connected to different conversion gain control lines, respectively.

    IMAGE SENSOR, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:EP4250750A3

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-15

    申请号:EP23187255.7

    申请日:2019-07-16

    IPC分类号: H04N25/131 H04N25/704

    摘要: This disclosure provides an image sensor, a mobile terminal, and an image photographing method. A pixel array of the image sensor includes a preset quantity of pixel units. The pixel unit includes a first full-pixel dual-core focus pixel and a second full-pixel dual-core focus pixel. The first pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. The second pixel includes at least one of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and an infrared sub-pixel. A location of the infrared sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as that of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, the blue sub-pixel, a first combined sub-pixel, or a second combined sub-pixel in the first pixel, the first combined sub-pixel includes a 1/2 red sub-pixel and a 1/2 green sub-pixel that are adjacent, and the second combined sub-pixel includes a 1/2 green sub-pixel and a 1/2 blue sub-pixel that are adjacent. Alternatively, a location of a 1/2 infrared sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as that of a 1/2 red sub-pixel, a 1/2 green sub-pixel, or a 1/2 blue sub-pixel in the first pixel, and 1/2 infrared sub-pixels in two adjacent second pixels form the infrared sub-pixel.

    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:EP4213492A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-19

    申请号:EP23152082.6

    申请日:2023-01-17

    发明人: MIYAUCHI, Ken

    摘要: Provided are a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus capable not only of having advanced global shutter and autofocus functions but also of sufficiently achieving single exposure high dynamic range (SEHDR) performance, thereby substantially realizing enhanced dynamic range and frame rate.
    In an image capturing mode, a reading part (70) controls driving of a conversion signal reading part (211) such that the conversion signal reading part (211) keeps first and second transfer transistors (TG11-Tr and TG12-Tr) in a conduction state in the same transfer period and performs a read-out operation on a pixel signal corresponding to a sum of charges stored in a first photodiode (PD11) and charges stored in a second photodiode (PD12) with a first conversion gain (HCG) and subsequently with a second conversion gain (LCG).