IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240230960A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18405938

    申请日:2024-01-05

    CPC classification number: G02B3/0043 H04N23/55 G02B2207/101

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of pixels that detect light, and a nano-optical microlens array arranged on the sensor substrate and including a plurality of nano-optical microlenses that focus incident light on the plurality of pixels, wherein the nano-optical microlens array includes a plurality of lens groups, each of the plurality of lens groups includes first, second, third, and fourth nano-optical microlenses, and each of the first, second, third, and fourth nano-optical microlenses includes a plurality of nanostructures arranged to focus incident light on a corresponding pixel, and centers of the first, second, third, and fourth nano-optical microlenses in each of the plurality of peripheral groups in the plurality of lens groups are offset with respect to a center of the corresponding pixel, and offset distances of at least two of the first, second, third, and fourth nano-optical microlenses are different from each other.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20240193717A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18444058

    申请日:2024-02-16

    CPC classification number: G06T1/0007 G06T1/20 G06T7/44 G06T2207/10024

    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for acquiring images including an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells sensing light, and a color separation lens array provided above the sensor substrate, the color separation lens array including a fine structure in each of a plurality of regions respectively facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells and separating incident light based on color, the fine structure forming a phase distribution to condense light having different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells, a signal processor configured to perform, based on a point spread function corresponding to each color pixel by the color separation lens array, deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to process an image signal for each color obtained by the image sensor, and an image processor configured to form a color image from the image signal for each color processed by the signal processor.

    IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240079429A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18236652

    申请日:2023-08-22

    CPC classification number: H01L27/14625 H01L27/14605 H01L27/14621

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of unit pixel groups each including a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel arranged in a Bayer pattern, and a color separating lens array which separates incident light according to wavelengths and condenses the light on each of the first to fourth pixels, wherein the color separating lens array a plurality of pixel corresponding groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of unit pixel groups, and the plurality of pixel corresponding groups each include first to fourth pixel corresponding regions corresponding to the first to fourth pixels and a plurality of nanoposts. From among the plurality of pixel corresponding groups, relative positional relationships between the nanoposts of the first to fourth pixel corresponding regions in each of the plurality of peripheral groups that are located out of the center of the color separating lens array may be different from each other.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20230230191A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18124387

    申请日:2023-03-21

    CPC classification number: G06T1/0007 G06T7/44 G06T1/20 G06T2207/10024

    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for acquiring images including an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells sensing light, and a color separation lens array provided above the sensor substrate, the color separation lens array including a fine structure in each of a plurality of regions respectively facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells and separating incident light based on color, the fine structure forming a phase distribution to condense light having different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells, a signal processor configured to perform, based on a point spread function corresponding to each color pixel by the color separation lens array, deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to process an image signal for each color obtained by the image sensor, and an image processor configured to form a color image from the image signal for each color processed by the signal processor.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230044798A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17882108

    申请日:2022-08-05

    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array and an electronic device including the color sensor. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels and having a two-dimensional array of unit pixels including the first pixel and the second pixel; and a color separating lens array configured to concentrate light of a first wavelength on each of the first pixels, and concentrate light of a second wavelength on each of the second pixels, wherein at least one pixel of the unit pixel includes a plurality of light sensing cells for independently sensing light by being electrically separated by a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure, and the color separating lens array includes a nanopost array, which does not include a nanopost provided on the DTI structure.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220141427A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17514634

    申请日:2021-10-29

    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels configured to sense first wavelength light in an infrared ray band and a plurality of second pixels configured to sense second wavelength light in a visible light band, and a color separating lens array disposed on the sensor substrate and configured to change a phase of the first wavelength light incident on the color separating lens array such that the first wavelength light is condensed to the plurality of first pixels, wherein the color separating lens array includes a plurality of light condensing regions configured to condense the first wavelength light respectively on the plurality of first pixels, and wherein an area of each of the plurality of light condensing regions is larger than an area of each of the plurality of first pixels.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220139994A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17514663

    申请日:2021-10-29

    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a sensor substrate including a first pixel and a second pixel; and a color separating lens array for condensing light of first wavelength onto the first pixel by changing a phase of light of the first wavelength included in incident light, wherein the sensor substrate further includes: an active pixel area for outputting an active pixel signal for image generation; a first dummy pixel area arranged outside the active pixel area and outputting a dummy pixel signal to correct image data generated from the active pixel signal; and a second dummy pixel area arranged outside the active pixel area and the first dummy pixel area and not outputting any pixel signal.

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