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公开(公告)号:US20250120208A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18906778
申请日:2024-10-04
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Suyeon LEE , Hyochul KIM , Sookyoung ROH
IPC: H01L27/146 , B82Y20/00
Abstract: A hyperspectral image sensor includes a planar nano-optical microlens array and an electronic apparatus including the hyperspectral image sensor are provided. The hyperspectral image sensor includes the planar nano-optical microlens array includes a plurality of planar nano-optical microlenses, each of the plurality of planar nano-optical microlenses includes a plurality of high refractive index nanostructures and a low refractive index structure, and the plurality of high refractive index nanostructures may be disposed such that light transmitted through each of the plurality of planar nano-optical microlenses has a convex phase profile.
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公开(公告)号:US20240145509A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US18380914
申请日:2023-10-17
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Sookyoung Roh , Junho Lee
IPC: H01L27/146 , G02B3/00
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , G02B3/0006
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220082815A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17174703
申请日:2021-02-12
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Hyeonsoo Park , Hyunsung Park , Seunghoon Han
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20250048766A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18674307
申请日:2024-05-24
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Choonlae CHO , Hongkyu PARK , Jungho CHA , Sookyoung ROH , Sangeun MUN , Sungmo AHN
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of pixels configured to sense light, and a nano-photonic lens array configured to separate incident light based on color and condense the separated incident light onto the plurality of pixels, wherein the nano-photonic lens array includes a plurality of supercells two-dimensionally disposed and including first unit patterns and second unit patterns, respectively including a plurality of pixel corresponding regions corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and wherein each of the plurality of pixel corresponding regions includes a plurality of nano-structures configured to separate the incident light based on color and condense the incident light onto the plurality of pixels, and wherein a cross-sectional size or a cross-sectional shape of a first nano-structure is different from a cross-sectional size or a cross-sectional shape of a second nano-structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20240079430A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18236122
申请日:2023-08-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Choonlae CHO , Sangeun MUN , Sungmo AHN , Sookyoung ROH , Hyunsung PARK , Seokho YUN , Sangyun LEE , Junho LEE
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/1463 , H01L27/14645
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240063241A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18235547
申请日:2023-08-18
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Sookyoung ROH , Sungmo AHN , Hyunsung PARK , Seokho YUN , Sangyun LEE , Junho LEE , Choonlae CHO
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14645
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230341675A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US18343167
申请日:2023-06-28
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Hyeonsoo Park , Hyunsung Park , Seunghoon Han
CPC classification number: G02B26/06 , G02B1/002 , G02B2207/101
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240063242A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18235627
申请日:2023-08-18
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Seokho YUN , Sookyoung ROH , Sangeun MUN , Hyunsung PARK , Sungmo AHN , Sangyun LEE , Junho LEE , Choonlae CHO
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14621
Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels for sensing light of a first wavelength band and a plurality of second pixels for sensing light of a second wavelength band that is different from the first wavelength band, a color filter layer on the sensor substrate, and including a plurality of color filters, a planarization layer arranged on the color filter layer, an encapsulation layer arranged on the planarization layer, and a nano-photonic lens array arranged on the encapsulation layer, and including a plurality of nano-structures that are arranged to condense incident light onto the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels.
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公开(公告)号:US20240027797A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18481618
申请日:2023-10-05
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Doukyoung SONG , Sangeun MUN , Seunghoon HAN , Jina JEON
CPC classification number: G02C11/10 , G02C5/14 , G02C7/104 , G02B1/002 , G02B27/0093 , G02B1/14 , G02B3/005 , G02B5/003
Abstract: A wearable electronic device may include a frame, a first temple connected to one side of the frame, a second temple connected to an opposite side of the frame, and a camera located in one region of the frame. The camera may include a lens module including at least one meta-lens in which nanostructures are arranged in two dimensions and an image sensor that detects light guided by the lens module.
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公开(公告)号:US20230139533A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17978725
申请日:2022-11-01
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Sookyoung ROH , Sungmo AHN , Seokho YUN
IPC: H01L27/146 , G02B3/00
Abstract: An optical sensor includes: a sensor substrate including a plurality of pixels that sense incident light, a filter layer arranged on the sensor substrate and including a plurality of filters corresponding to the plurality of pixels, the plurality of filters transmitting only light of a particular wavelength band, and a nanophotonic microlens array arranged on the filter layer and including a plurality of nanophotonic microlenses, each of which focuses incident light on a corresponding pixel among the plurality of pixels.
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