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公开(公告)号:US12136637B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-05
申请号:US17963015
申请日:2022-10-10
Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Alireza Bonakdar , Shinn-Jhy Lian , Badrinath Padmanabhan
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: A flare-blocking image sensor includes large pixels and small pixels, a microlens, and an opaque element. The large pixels and small pixels form a first and second pixel array respectively, each having a pixel pitch Px and Py. The second pixel array is offset from the first pixel array by ½Px and ½Py. A first large pixel of the large pixels is between and collinear with a first and a second small pixel separated by √{square root over (Px2+Py2)} in a first direction and each having a width W less than both pixel pitch Px and Py. The microlens is aligned with the first large pixel. The opaque element is between the first large pixel and the microlens and extends, in the first direction, less than 1 2 ( P x 2 + P y 2 - W ) from the first small pixel toward the second small pixel. The opaque element has a width perpendicular to the first direction not exceeding width W.
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公开(公告)号:US11758109B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17164679
申请日:2021-02-01
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Wenshou Chen , Yiyi Ren , Guansong Liu , Badri Padmanabhan , Alireza Bonakdar , Richard Mann
IPC: H04N13/218 , G06T7/593 , H04N23/55 , H04N13/00
CPC classification number: H04N13/218 , G06T7/593 , H04N23/55 , G06T2207/10012 , H04N2013/0081
Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged as a photodiode array. The photodiodes of the photodiode array are arranged into a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant. A first polarization filter and a first telecentric lens are aligned with the first quadrant. A second polarization filter and a second telecentric lens are aligned with the second quadrant. A third polarization filter and a third telecentric lens are aligned with the third quadrant. A fourth telecentric lens is aligned with the fourth quadrant.
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公开(公告)号:US11647175B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17113011
申请日:2020-12-05
Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Richard Mann , Badrinath Padmanabhan , Boyd Fowler , Alireza Bonakdar , Eiichi Funatsu
IPC: H04N13/218 , G06T7/593 , H04N13/257 , G06T7/571 , H04N23/67
CPC classification number: H04N13/218 , G06T7/571 , G06T7/593 , H04N13/257 , H04N23/672
Abstract: An optical system comprises an imaging lens for imaging an object to an image and a sensing pixel array for detecting lights from the object toward the image. The sensing pixel array comprises a first sensing pixel and a second sensing pixel, each sensing pixel comprising a microlens covering a one-dimensional series of photodiodes having n photodiodes. A photodiode at an end of the one-dimensional series of photodiodes of the first sensing pixel detects a first light from the object toward the image, and a photodiode at an opposite end of the one-dimensional series of photodiodes of the second sensing pixel detects a second light from the object toward the image, where the first light and the second light pass opposite parts of the imaging lens.
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公开(公告)号:US20220367542A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-17
申请号:US17322536
申请日:2021-05-17
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Duli Mao , Bill Phan , Seong Yeol Mun , Yuanliang Liu , Alireza Bonakdar , Chengming Liu , Zhiqiang Lin
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: CMOS image sensor with LED flickering reduction and low color cross-talk are disclosed. In one embodiment, an image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns of a pixel array that is disposed in a semiconductor substrate. Each pixel includes a plurality of large subpixels (LPDs) and at least one small subpixel (SPD). A plurality of color filters are disposed over individual subpixels. Each individual SPD is laterally adjacent to at least one other SPD.
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公开(公告)号:US11289523B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16563052
申请日:2019-09-06
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Alireza Bonakdar , Zhiqiang Lin
IPC: H01L27/00 , H01L27/146
Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate material, an array of the color filters, an array of waveguides and spacers. The substrate material includes a plurality of photodiodes disposed therein. The array of color filters are disposed over the substrate material. The array of waveguides are disposed over the substrate material. The buffer layer is disposed between the substrate material and the arrays of color filters and waveguides. The spacers are disposed between the color filters in the array of color filters. The spacers are disposed between the waveguides in the array of waveguides. Incident light is adapted to be confined between the spacers. The incident light is adapted to be directed through one of the waveguides and through one of the color filters prior to being directed through the buffer layer into one of the photodiodes in the substrate material.
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公开(公告)号:US11233963B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16729088
申请日:2019-12-27
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Wenshou Chen , Guansong Liu , Yiyi Ren , Chin Poh Pang , Badrinath Padmanabhan , Alireza Bonakdar
IPC: H04N5/3745 , H01L27/146 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/232
Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged as a photodiode array. The plurality of photodiodes includes a first set of photodiodes configured as phase detection photodiodes, and a second set of photodiodes configured as polarization detection photodiodes. In some embodiments, a controller is provided. The controller comprises circuitry configured to process signals from a first set of photodiodes of a photodiode array to obtain depth information; process signals from a second set of photodiodes of the photodiode array to obtain polarization information; process the polarization information to obtain an ambiguous set of surface normals; and process the ambiguous set of surface normals using the depth information to obtain a three-dimensional shape image.
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公开(公告)号:US11232284B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16729001
申请日:2019-12-27
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Badrinath Padmanabhan , Yiyi Ren , Wenshou Chen , Richard Mann , Alireza Bonakdar
Abstract: A system comprising a polarization CMOS image sensor, at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform actions including receiving, from the polarization CMOS image sensor, polarization information and two-dimensional image information. The polarization information is processed using a machine learning model to generate an output that indicates whether the polarization information represents a valid biometric measurement of a physical feature of a subject.
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公开(公告)号:US20210341807A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US16864890
申请日:2020-05-01
Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Alireza Bonakdar , Libo Weng , Badrinath Padmanabhan
IPC: G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1337
Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon device is described. The liquid crystal on silicon device includes a plurality of mirror electrodes, a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal material, and a plurality of microlenses. The plurality of mirror electrodes are arranged periodically to form an array of pixels, each pixel included in the array of pixels configurable to reflect incident light. The transparent electrode is optically aligned with the plurality of mirror electrodes. The liquid crystal material is disposed between the transparent electrode and the plurality of mirror electrodes. The plurality of microlenses are optically aligned with the plurality of mirror electrodes. Each microlens included in the plurality of microlenses is positioned to focus the incident light on a respective one of the plurality of mirror electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210203872A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US16729088
申请日:2019-12-27
Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Wenshou Chen , Guansong Liu , Yiyi Ren , Chin Poh Pang , Badrinath Padmanabhan , Alireza Bonakdar
IPC: H04N5/3745 , H01L27/146 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/378
Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged as a photodiode array. The plurality of photodiodes includes a first set of photodiodes configured as phase detection photodiodes, and a second set of photodiodes configured as polarization detection photodiodes. In some embodiments, a controller is provided. The controller comprises circuitry configured to process signals from a first set of photodiodes of a photodiode array to obtain depth information; process signals from a second set of photodiodes of the photodiode array to obtain polarization information; process the polarization information to obtain an ambiguous set of surface normals; and process the ambiguous set of surface normals using the depth information to obtain a three-dimensional shape image.
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