IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING NANO-PHOTONIC MICROLENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240145509A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18380914

    申请日:2023-10-17

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 G02B3/00

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14627 G02B3/0006

    摘要: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of pixels for sensing incident light, and a nano-photonic microlens array including a plurality of nano-photonic microlenses corresponding respectively to the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of nano-photonic microlenses includes a plurality of nano-structures that are arranged two-dimensionally to condense incident light onto corresponding pixels, and a gap between two nano-structures that are arranged directly facing each other across a boundary between two adjacent nano-photonic microlenses is greater than an arrangement period of the plurality of nano-structures in each of the plurality of nano-photonic microlenses.

    META OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220082815A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17174703

    申请日:2021-02-12

    IPC分类号: G02B26/06 G02B1/00

    摘要: 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.

    IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240079430A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18236122

    申请日:2023-08-21

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146

    摘要: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate includes first, second, and third pixels respectively sensing first, second and third wavelengths of light, A color separating lens array changes phase of light of the first, second, and third wavelengths, and condenses the phase-changed light onto the first, second and third pixels, respectively. The color separating lens array includes first to third pixel corresponding regions respectively facing the first to third pixels. The first pixel corresponding region includes a plurality of first nanoposts, the second pixel corresponding region includes a plurality of second nanoposts, and the third pixel corresponding region includes a plurality of third nanoposts, a second center nanopost having a greatest cross-sectional width among the second nanoposts overlaps a center of the second pixel, and a third center nanopost having a greatest cross-sectional width among the third nanoposts does not overlap a center of the third pixel.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING PATTERNED ANTIREFLECTION LAYER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240063241A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18235547

    申请日:2023-08-18

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14627 H01L27/14645

    摘要: Provided are an image sensor including a patterned antireflection layer and an electronic apparatus including the image sensor. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels sensing light having a first wavelength and a plurality of second pixels sensing light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, a nano-photonic lens array including a plurality of nanostructures configured to condense an incident light onto the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels, and an antireflection layer disposed on a light incident surface of the nano-photonic lens array and including a plurality of holes arranged periodically and two-dimensionally, wherein the plurality of holes include a plurality of first holes arranged along a boundary between first and second pixels adjacent to each other and a plurality of second holes disposed to face an inner region of the first pixel or the second pixel.

    META OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230341675A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18343167

    申请日:2023-06-28

    IPC分类号: G02B26/06 G02B1/00

    摘要: 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.

    OPTICAL SENSOR INCLUDING PLANAR NANO-PHOTONIC MICROLENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230020980A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17701019

    申请日:2022-03-22

    摘要: An optical sensor including a planar nano-photonic microlens array and an electronic apparatus including the same are provided. The optical sensor may include: a sensor substrate including a plurality of photosensitive cells for sensing light; a filter layer provided on the sensor substrate; and a planar nano-photonic microlens array provided on the filter layer, and including a plurality of planar nano-photonic microlenses, wherein the plurality of planar nano-photonic microlenses are two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and each of the planar nano-photonic microlenses include nano-structures arranged such that the light transmitting through each of the planar nano-photonic microlenses has a phase profile in which a phase change curve is convex in the first direction and the second direction.

    CAMERA WITH META-LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220232148A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17588102

    申请日:2022-01-28

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225

    摘要: An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include a lens assembly having a structure in which at least one meta-lens and a spacer member are stacked, and an image sensor assembly attached to one side of the lens assembly to receive light passing through the lens assembly and convert the light into an optical signal. The spacer member may be fixed to one side of the lens assembly between the image sensor assembly and the lens assembly such that a cavity is defined by an inner side surface of the spacer member, a bottom surface of the lens assembly, and a top surface of the image sensor assembly.