IMAGE SENSOR
    2.
    发明公开
    IMAGE SENSOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230197746A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18066656

    申请日:2022-12-15

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate having first and second surfaces opposing each other; photodiodes in the substrate; circuit and wiring structures below the first surface of the substrate; an insulating structure on the second surface of the substrate; a plurality of color filters on the insulating structure; and a grid structure on the insulating structure, wherein at least a portion of the grid structure is between adjacent color filters of, wherein the plurality of color filters include first and second color filters configured to selectively transmit light of different wavelength spectra associated with different colors, wherein the insulating structure includes a first and second regions having respective, different first and second thicknesses, and a boundary region between the first region and the second region that vertically overlaps the first color filter and is horizontally offset from a vertical central axis of the grid structure.

    Image sensors including phase detection pixel

    公开(公告)号:US11412165B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16986759

    申请日:2020-08-06

    Abstract: An image sensor is presented which includes a pixel array including a plurality of image sensing pixels in a substrate, a phase detection shared pixel in the substrate, the phase detection shared pixel including two phase detection subpixels arranged next to each other, a color filter fence disposed on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, the color filter fence defining a plurality of color filter spaces, a plurality of color filter layers respectively disposed in the plurality of color filter spaces on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, a first micro-lens disposed on each of the plurality of image sensing pixels to have a first height, and a second micro-lens disposed to vertically overlap the two phase detection subpixels of the phase detection shared pixel and to have a second height greater than the first height.

    IMAGE SENSOR
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230030489A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17655576

    申请日:2022-03-21

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a first structure, a second structure, and a third structure that are sequentially stacked in a vertical direction. The first structure includes a first substrate and at least one first transistor disposed on the first substrate. The second structure includes a second substrate and at least one second transistor disposed on the second substrate. The third structure includes a third substrate that includes an upper surface on which light is incident and a lower surface that is opposite to the upper surface, a photoelectric conversion region disposed in the third substrate, a transfer gate disposed on the lower surface of the third substrate, and a reflective structure disposed on the lower surface of the third substrate and on a lower surface and side surface of the transfer gate.

    IMAGE SENSORS INCLUDING PHASE DETECTION PIXEL

    公开(公告)号:US20220353446A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17812795

    申请日:2022-07-15

    Abstract: An image sensor is presented which includes a pixel array including a plurality of image sensing pixels in a substrate, a phase detection shared pixel in the substrate, the phase detection shared pixel including two phase detection subpixels arranged next to each other, a color filter fence disposed on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, the color filter fence defining a plurality of color filter spaces, a plurality of color filter layers respectively disposed in the plurality of color filter spaces on the plurality of image sensing pixels, and the phase detection shared pixel, a first micro-lens disposed on each of the plurality of image sensing pixels to have a first height, and a second micro-lens disposed to vertically overlap the two phase detection subpixels of the phase detection shared pixel and to have a second height greater than the first height.

    IMAGE SENSOR
    8.
    发明公开
    IMAGE SENSOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230142858A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17814085

    申请日:2022-07-21

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a variable filter layer disposed on the substrate. The variable filter layer includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction, and having a first width in a second direction, a first electro-optical material layer disposed on the plurality of first electrodes, a light-transmitting electrode disposed on the first electro-optical material layer, a second electro-optical material layer disposed on the light-transmitting electrode, and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second electro-optical material layer, extending in the second direction, and having a second width in the first direction.

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