公开(公告)号：US20250106535A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18806246

申请日：2024-08-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sangeun Mun ,  Hyunsung Park ,  Sookyoung Roh ,  Sungmo Ahn

IPC: H04N25/77 ,  H04N25/11

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a first pixel group and a second pixel group, a nano-photonic lens array including a first region facing the first pixel group and a second region facing the second pixel group, and a color filter layer including a first color filter facing the first pixel group and the first region and transmitting light of a first wavelength band and a second color filter facing the second pixel group and the second region and transmitting light of a second wavelength band. The first region may include a plurality of nano-structures two-dimensionally arranged with a first arrangement period so as to condense incident light, the second region may include a plurality of nano-structures two-dimensionally arranged with a second arrangement period so as to condense incident light, and the second arrangement period may be less than the first arrangement period.

公开(公告)号：US12174367B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US18343167

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sangeun Mun ,  Hyeonsoo Park ,  Hyunsung Park ,  Seunghoon Han

IPC: G02B26/06 ,  G02B1/00

Abstract: A meta-optical device includes a plurality of phase modulation areas configured to modulate a phase of an incident light, each of the plurality of phase modulation areas including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape and an arrangement that are determined according to a respective rule set for each of the plurality of phase modulation areas; and a compensation area located between a kth phase modulation area and a (k+1)th phase modulation area adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of phase modulation areas, and including a compensation structure for buffering an effective refractive index change occurring in a boundary area between the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area according to respective rules of the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area, wherein N is a number of the plurality of phase modulation areas, k and N are natural numbers, and k is equal to or greater than 1 and less than N.

公开(公告)号：US20240015383A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18216014

申请日：2023-06-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sangeun Mun ,  Sookyoung Roh ,  Sungmo Ahn ,  Choonlae Cho

IPC: H04N23/55 ,  G02B3/00

CPC classification number: H04N23/55 ,  G02B3/0056 ,  G02B2207/101

Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of pixels for sensing incident light, and a nano-photonic microlens array arranged to face a light incident surface of the sensor substrate, and including a plurality of nano-photonic microlenses for condensing incident light. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photosensitive cells that are two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and are configured to independently sense the incident light, and an isolation for electrically isolating the plurality of photosensitive cells, each of the nano-photonic microlenses includes a plurality of nano-structures that are arranged such that the light transmitting each of the nano-photonic microlenses has a convex phase profile, and the plurality of nano-structures are arranged in the form of a two-dimensional array in a diagonal direction between the first direction and the second direction.

公开(公告)号：US11852840B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17241774

申请日：2021-04-27

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seokil Moon ,  Sangeun Mun ,  Sunil Kim ,  Wontaek Seo ,  Geeyoung Sung ,  Bongsu Shin ,  Daeho Yang ,  Hongseok Lee ,  Seunghoon Han

IPC: G02B27/28 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B26/08

CPC classification number: G02B27/286 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B26/0816 ,  G02B2027/0174 ,  G02B2027/0178

Abstract: A display device including a meta surface is provided. The display device includes an image provider comprising a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light according to image information, wherein the image provider is configured to provide the light comprising the image information; an optical element configured to focus the light from the image provider; and a meta surface deflector positioned between the image provider and the optical element to deflect the light, and change a deflection direction of the light according to a polarization of the light so that a first position of the light of a first polarization focused by the optical element is different than a second position of the light of a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization focused by the optical element.

公开(公告)号：US11726310B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17174703

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sangeun Mun ,  Hyeonsoo Park ,  Hyunsung Park ,  Seunghoon Han

IPC: G02B26/06 ,  G02B1/00

CPC classification number: G02B26/06 ,  G02B1/002 ,  G02B2207/101

Abstract: A meta-optical device includes a plurality of phase modulation areas configured to modulate a phase of an incident light, each of the plurality of phase modulation areas including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape and an arrangement that are determined according to a respective rule set for each of the plurality of phase modulation areas; and a compensation area located between a kth phase modulation area and a (k+1)th phase modulation area adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of phase modulation areas, and including a compensation structure for buffering an effective refractive index change occurring in a boundary area between the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area according to respective rules of the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area, wherein N is a number of the plurality of phase modulation areas, k and N are natural numbers, and k is equal to or greater than 1 and less than N.

公开(公告)号：US20230031010A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17841777

申请日：2022-06-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junho LEE ,  Sangeun Mun ,  Sookyoung Roh ,  Sungmo Ahn ,  Seokho Yun

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  G02B1/00

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a metasurface having a light resonance function. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion layer, an interlayer material layer on the photoelectric conversion layer, and a single meta pattern layer on the interlayer material layer, wherein the meta pattern layer includes a metasurface, the metasurface having a same phase profile as that of a lens, and the meta pattern layer has a height that causes a resonance at a given wavelength of incident light to block transmission of the given wavelength through the meta pattern layer.