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公开(公告)号:US10593719B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
申请号:US15954818
申请日:2018-04-17
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jonghoon Park , BumSuk Kim , Jung-Saeng Kim , Min Jang , Taesub Jung , Hyukjin Jung , Dongmin Keum , Changrok Moon
IPC: H01L27/32 , H01L27/146 , G06K9/00 , G06F21/32 , H04N5/374
Abstract: Optical sensors including a light-impeding pattern are provided. The optical sensors may include a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a plurality of lenses on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and a light-impeding layer extending between the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and the plurality of lenses. The light-impeding layer may include an opening between a first one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and a first one of the plurality of lenses. The optical sensors may be configured to be assembled with a display panel such that the plurality of lenses are disposed between the light-impeding layer and the display panel.
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公开(公告)号:US20250048757A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18790612
申请日:2024-07-31
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyungeun Yoo , Dongmin Keum , Jung-Saeng Kim , Bumsuk Kim , Yun Ki Lee
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04N25/77 , H04N25/78
Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor image sensor includes: a first pixel group including a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a fourth pixel; a second pixel group including a fifth pixel, a sixth pixel, a seventh pixel and an eighth pixel, wherein the second pixel group is provided adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction; a first lens corresponding to the first pixel and the second pixel; a second lens corresponding to the third pixel and the fourth pixel; a device isolation pattern electrically isolating the first pixel group from the second pixel group; and a readout circuit configured to: output phase data based on at least a portion of phase signals received from the first pixel group; and output image data based on at least a portion of color signals received from the second pixel group.
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公开(公告)号:US10892289B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-12
申请号:US16784308
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jonghoon Park , BumSuk Kim , Jung-Saeng Kim , Min Jang , Taesub Jung , Hyukjin Jung , Dongmin Keum , Changrok Moon
IPC: H01L27/32 , H01L27/146 , G06K9/00 , G06F21/32 , H04N5/374
Abstract: Optical sensors including a light-impeding pattern are provided. The optical sensors may include a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a plurality of lenses on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and a light-impeding layer extending between the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and the plurality of lenses. The light-impeding layer may include an opening between a first one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and a first one of the plurality of lenses. The optical sensors may be configured to be assembled with a display panel such that the plurality of lenses are disposed between the light-impeding layer and the display panel.
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公开(公告)号:US20220384508A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17703217
申请日:2022-03-24
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Dongmin Keum , Taehan Kim , Bumsuk Kim , Junsung Park , Kwanghee Lee , Yunki Lee
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L21/66 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/341
Abstract: A pixel array of an image sensor includes a plurality of pixel groups. Each pixel group includes a plurality of unit pixels adjacent to each other and respectively including photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a color filter shared by the plurality of unit pixels, and a plurality of microlenses disposed on the color filter and having sizes different from each other such that the plurality of microlenses respectively focus an incident light to the photoelectric conversion elements included in the plurality of unit pixels. Deviations of sensing sensitivity of unit pixels are reduced and quality of images captured by the image sensor is enhanced by adjusting sizes of microlenses.
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公开(公告)号:US20220181372A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-09
申请号:US17507374
申请日:2021-10-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Taesung LEE , Dongmin Keum , Bumsuk Kim , Jinho Kim , Junsung Park , Kwanghee Lee , Dongkyu Lee , Yunki Lee
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04N5/232
Abstract: An image sensor includes a normal pixel, a first auto-focus (AF) pixel, and a second AF pixel, each of the normal pixel, the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel including a photodiode. The image sensor further includes a normal microlens disposed on the normal pixel, and a first AF microlens disposed on the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel. The photodiode of the normal pixel, the photodiode of the first AF pixel, and the photodiode of the second AF pixel are respectively disposed in photo-detecting areas of a semiconductor substrate. A height of the first AF microlens in a vertical direction from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate is greater than a height of the normal microlens in the vertical direction from the top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11056523B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16831928
申请日:2020-03-27
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jonghoon Park , Bumsuk Kim , Jung-Saeng Kim , Min Jang , Taesub Jung , Hyukjin Jung , Dongmin Keum , Changrok Moon
IPC: H01L27/32 , H01L27/146 , G06K9/00 , G06F21/32 , H04N5/374
Abstract: Optical sensors including a light-impeding pattern are provided. The optical sensors may include a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a plurality of lenses on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and a light-impeding layer extending between the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and the plurality of lenses. The light-impeding layer may include an opening between a first one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and a first one of the plurality of lenses. The optical sensors may be configured to be assembled with a display panel such that the plurality of lenses are disposed between the light-impeding layer and the display panel.
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公开(公告)号:US11869913B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17703217
申请日:2022-03-24
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Dongmin Keum , Taehan Kim , Bumsuk Kim , Junsung Park , Kwanghee Lee , Yunki Lee
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L21/66 , H04N25/40 , H04N25/702
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , H01L22/20 , H01L27/14685 , H04N25/40 , H04N25/702 , H01L27/1463 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14645
Abstract: A pixel array of an image sensor includes a plurality of pixel groups. Each pixel group includes a plurality of unit pixels adjacent to each other and respectively including photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a color filter shared by the plurality of unit pixels, and a plurality of microlenses disposed on the color filter and having sizes different from each other such that the plurality of microlenses respectively focus an incident light to the photoelectric conversion elements included in the plurality of unit pixels. Deviations of sensing sensitivity of unit pixels are reduced and quality of images captured by the image sensor is enhanced by adjusting sizes of microlenses.
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公开(公告)号:US20230246045A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US18147092
申请日:2022-12-28
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Taehan Kim , Dongmin Keum , Bumsuk Kim , Kwanghee Lee , Yunki Lee , Yeaju Jang
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14645 , H01L27/14627
Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including first to fourth color filter layers arranged on a substrate and first to seventh microlenses arranged on the first to fourth color filter layers. The first microlenses vertically overlap diagonal components of a first submatrix comprised of green-red subpixels. The second and third group of microlenses vertically overlap off-diagonal components of the first submatrix comprised of green-red subpixels. A horizontal area of each of the second group of microlenses is less than a horizontal area of each of the first microlenses and a horizontal area of each of the third group of microlenses is greater than a horizontal area of each of the first microlenses.
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公开(公告)号:US10672816B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-02
申请号:US16519482
申请日:2019-07-23
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jonghoon Park , BumSuk Kim , Jung-Saeng Kim , Min Jang , Taesub Jung , Hyukjin Jung , Dongmin Keum , Changrok Moon
IPC: H01L27/32 , H01L27/146 , G06K9/00 , G06F21/32 , H04N5/374
Abstract: Optical sensors including a light-impeding pattern are provided. The optical sensors may include a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a plurality of lenses on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and a light-impeding layer extending between the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and the plurality of lenses. The light-impeding layer may include an opening between a first one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions and a first one of the plurality of lenses. The optical sensors may be configured to be assembled with a display panel such that the plurality of lenses are disposed between the light-impeding layer and the display panel.
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