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公开(公告)号:US11948955B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US17078888
申请日:2020-10-23
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun
IPC: H01L27/146 , G02B3/00
CPC classification number: H01L27/14627 , G02B3/0056 , H01L27/14605 , H01L27/14607 , H01L27/1463 , H01L27/14621
Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first photosensitive cells and a plurality of second photosensitive cells configured to sense light, and a color separating lens array including a plurality of first regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of first photosensitive cells and each including a first fine structure, and a plurality of second regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of second photosensitive cells and each including a second fine structure that is different from the first fine structure, wherein, among incident light incident on the color separating lens array, light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength are branched into different directions and focused on the first photosensitive cells and the second photosensitive cells.
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公开(公告)号:US11686892B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US16780149
申请日:2020-02-03
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Mi Jeong Kim , Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun , Ilhwan Kim , Hyung Jun Kim , Chung Kun Cho
Abstract: Disclosed are a combination structure including a nanostructure array including a plurality of nanostructures with a smaller dimension than the near-infrared wavelength are repeatedly arranged and a light absorption portion adjacent to the nanostructure array and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of near-infrared wavelength regions, an optical filter, an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device including the same.
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公开(公告)号:US11682685B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US17077081
申请日:2020-10-22
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L27/148 , H04N25/13
CPC classification number: H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14625 , H01L27/14645 , H01L27/14868 , H04N25/134
Abstract: Provided are a color separation element and an image sensor including the same. The color separation element includes a spacer layer; and a color separation lens array, which includes at least one nano-post arranged in the spacer layer and is configured to form a phase distribution for splitting and focusing incident light according to wavelengths, wherein periodic regions in which color separation lens arrays are repeatedly arranged are provided, and the color separation lens array is configured to interrupt phase distribution at the boundary of the periodic regions.
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公开(公告)号:US20210126032A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17078918
申请日:2020-10-23
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04N5/232
Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a light sensor array including a plurality of light sensors configured to detect an incident light and convert the incident light into an electrical signal, the plurality of light sensors being are provided in a plurality of pixels, a transparent layer provided on the light sensor array, a color separation element provided on the transparent layer and configured to separate the incident light into light of a plurality of colors based on a wavelength band, and a focusing element including a nanostructure in a region corresponding to at least one pixel among the plurality of pixels and configured to perform auto focusing
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公开(公告)号:US10834343B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-10
申请号:US15807053
申请日:2017-11-08
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sunghyun Nam , Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun
Abstract: An image sensor including a color splitting element and a method of operating the image sensor are provided. The image sensor may include a plurality of unit pixels, and each pixel of the plurality of unit pixels may include a plurality of color sub-pixels. At least one color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels may include a color splitting element that has a first refractive index greater than a second refractive index of a material that surrounds the first color splitting element.
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公开(公告)号:US10725310B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US16557113
申请日:2019-08-30
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Sunghyun Nam , Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun , Changgyun Shin , Hyungue Hong
IPC: G02B27/42 , G02B27/10 , G02B3/00 , H01L27/146 , H04N9/07
Abstract: Color separation devices, and image sensors including the color separation devices and color filters, include at least two transparent bars that face each other with a gap therebetween. Mutually-facing surfaces of the at least two transparent bars are separated from each other by the gap such that the at least two transparent bars allow diffraction of visible light passing therebetween. The at least two transparent bars have a refractive index greater than a refractive index of a surrounding medium.
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公开(公告)号:US10393585B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
申请号:US15799220
申请日:2017-10-31
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sookyoung Roh , Sunghyun Nam
Abstract: A spectral detector includes a grating panel including a first grating pattern having a first period, a second grating pattern having a second period that is different from the first period, and a light exit surface through light exits the grating panel, and an optical measurement panel arranged to face the light exit surface of the grating panel, and configured to measure a change in intensity of first light passing through the first grating pattern according to a propagation distance of the first light, and to measure a change in intensity of second light passing through the second grating pattern according to a propagation distance of the second light.
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公开(公告)号:US10388701B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-20
申请号:US15241660
申请日:2016-08-19
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sookyoung Roh , Seokho Yun , Sunghyun Nam
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L27/30 , H01L31/028 , H01L51/44 , H01L31/0256
Abstract: A stacked image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The stacked image sensor includes a lower photoelectric conversion layer, a micro-lens provided on the lower photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper photoelectric conversion layer provided on the micro-lens. The lower photoelectric conversion layer and the upper photoelectric conversion layer are different types of photoelectric conversion layers.
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公开(公告)号:US10284826B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-07
申请号:US15695546
申请日:2017-09-05
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sunghyun Nam , Yunhee Kim , Sookyoung Roh , Hongkyu Park , Seokho Yun
IPC: H04N5/33 , H04N9/04 , H01L27/146
Abstract: An image sensor, and an apparatus and method of acquiring an image by using the image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes a color filter having an array of a plurality of types of color filter elements, where each of the color filter elements transmits visible light in a certain wavelength band and blocks visible light outside the certain wavelength band; a photoelectric conversion cell array that detects light that has been transmitted through the color filter; and a modulator, disposed on the photoelectric conversion cell array, which changes a rate of light transmitted to the photoelectric conversion cell array based on an applied voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US10136109B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-20
申请号:US15833083
申请日:2017-12-06
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Seokho Yun , Sunghyun Nam , Sookyoung Roh , Hongkyu Park
IPC: H04N9/04 , H01L27/146 , G02B5/22 , G02B5/20
Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array having a Bayer pattern structure including a first pixel row in which first pixels and second pixels are alternately provided and a second pixel row in which additional ones of the second pixels and third pixels are alternately provided, a first element to control light of a first wavelength band to travel in directions toward left and right sides of the first element and to control light of a second wavelength band of the incident light to travel in a direction directly under the first element, and a second element to control light of a third wavelength band to travel in the directions toward the left and right sides of the second element and to control the light of the second wavelength band to travel in a direction directly under the second element.
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