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

    公开(公告)号:US20240021638A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18221736

    申请日:2023-07-13

    CPC classification number: H01L27/14623 H01L27/14645

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a first pixel group on a substrate and including a plurality of first pixels, a second pixel group on the substrate and including a plurality of second pixels, where at least one of the plurality of first pixels and at least one of the plurality of second pixels are adjacent in a first direction, a first autofocus pixel group between the first pixel group and the second pixel group, the first autofocus pixel group including a first autofocus pixel adjacent to the first pixel group and a second autofocus pixel adjacent to the second pixel group, a first color filter on the first autofocus pixel and the second autofocus pixel, a second color filter on the plurality of second pixels, and a light-shield pattern that separates the first color filter and the second color filter.

    IMAGE SENSOR
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230005980A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17671794

    申请日:2022-02-15

    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a substrate, having first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, on which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged, the plurality of unit pixels including a normal pixel, an autofocusing pixel, and a compensation pixel in a direction, parallel to the first surface; a photodiode disposed in the substrate in each of the plurality of unit pixels; and a device isolation layer disposed between the plurality of unit pixels. The unit pixels include color filters, separated from each other by a grid, and microlenses disposed on the color filters. The compensation pixel is disposed on one side of the autofocusing pixel and includes a compensation microlens, smaller than a normal microlens included in the normal pixel, and a transparent color filter separated from adjacent color filters by a compensation grid smaller than a normal grid included in the normal pixel.

    IMAGE SENSOR
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210175269A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16996047

    申请日:2020-08-18

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a first photodiode group, a second photodiode group, a first transfer transistor group, a second transfer transistor group, a floating diffusion region of a substrate in which electric charges generated in the first photodiode group are stored, and a power supply node for applying a power supply voltage to the second photodiode group. A barrier voltage is applied to at least one transfer transistor of the second transfer transistor group. The power supply voltage allows electric charges, generated in the second photodiode group, to migrate to the power supply node, and the barrier voltage forms a potential barrier between the second photodiode group and the floating diffusion region.

    PIXEL ARRAY AND AN IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20250107261A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18976574

    申请日:2024-12-11

    Abstract: A pixel array including: a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group including: a plurality of unit pixels respectively including photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a semiconductor substrate; trench structures disposed in the semiconductor substrate and extending in a vertical direction from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate to a second surface of the semiconductor substrate to electrically and optically separate the photoelectric conversion elements from each other; and a microlens disposed above or below the semiconductor substrate, the microlens covering all of the photoelectric conversion elements in the plurality of unit pixels to focus an incident light to the photoelectric conversion elements.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20250024164A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18771526

    申请日:2024-07-12

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first photosensitive cells configured to sense light and a color separating lens array in an upper portion of the sensor substrate and including a plurality of first sub regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of first photosensitive cells, where each of the plurality of first sub regions include a plurality of first nano-posts, where the plurality of first sub regions include at least one first central sub region at a center of the color separating lens array and at least one first peripheral sub region at a periphery of the color separating lens array, and where the plurality of first nano-posts include at least one first nano-post in the at least one first central sub region and at least one second nano-post in the at least one first peripheral sub region and corresponding to the at least one first nano-post.

    IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING AUTO-FOCUS PIXELS
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240258351A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18631933

    申请日:2024-04-10

    CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 H01L27/14621 H01L27/14643 H04N23/672

    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.

    IMAGE SENSOR
    10.
    发明公开
    IMAGE SENSOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240186348A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18365522

    申请日:2023-08-04

    CPC classification number: H01L27/14621 H01L27/14627 H04N25/704

    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a chip structure including normal pixels and auto focus pixels; a grid structure disposed on the chip structure; and color filter regions defined by the grid structure over the chip structure. The color filter regions include normal filter regions and auto focus filter regions. The normal filter regions correspond to the normal pixels. The chip structure includes a first region at a first distance, and a second region a second distance greater than the first distance. The auto focus filter regions include a first auto focus filter region on the first region and a second auto focus filter region on the second region. A first width of a first grid portion disposed adjacent the first auto focus filter region among the grid structure is narrower than a second width of a second grid portion disposed adjacent the second auto focus filter region among the grid structure.

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