IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20240080577A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18241660

    申请日:2023-09-01

    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus according to an example embodiment includes an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells for sensing light thereon, and a color separation lens array disposed in front of the sensor substrate and including a nanostructure to separate incident light by color, wherein the nanostructure forms a phase distribution in a plurality of regions facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells, respectively, and the phase distribution is formed so as to condense light of different wavelengths onto photo-sensing cells adjacent to each other, and a processor configured to process an image signal for each color obtained from the image sensor. The processor is further configured to perform decoupling with respect to sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells by using a kernel defined from a point spread function determined by the phase distribution.

    IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230420480A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18210946

    申请日:2023-06-16

    Abstract: An image sensor may include a pixel array including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels. Each pixel may include a first meta-photodiode absorbing light of a first wavelength band; a second meta-photodiode absorbing light in a second wavelength band; and a third meta-photodiode absorbing light of a third wavelength band, wherein the first meta-photodiode, the second meta-photodiode, and the third meta-photodiode may be arranged in an area having a size less than a diffraction limit. The arrangement form of the first meta-photodiode, the second meta-photodiode, and the third meta-photodiode arranged in the plurality of pixels in a central portion of the pixel array may be the same as the arrangement form of the first meta-photodiode, the second meta-photodiode, and the third meta-photodiode arranged in the plurality of pixels in a periphery of the pixel array.

    Image sensor having beam splitter
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    公开(公告)号:US10760953B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US15805318

    申请日:2017-11-07

    Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor may include; an optical detection device layer including a plurality of optical detection devices; a filter array layer including a plurality of color filters and at least one infrared filter, and disposed on the optical detection device layer; and a plurality of beam splitters disposed in a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels being in contact with an infrared ray pixel including the at least one infrared ray color filter, and that are configured to change a direction of an infrared ray component of incident light towards the infrared ray pixel.

    Image sensor including broad band color filter

    公开(公告)号:US10698141B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15870064

    申请日:2018-01-12

    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor comprising a color separation element. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of a first pixels, a plurality of second pixels, and a plurality of third pixels; color separation elements configured to direct light in a second wavelength band travel toward the second pixels and direct a mixture light in a first wavelength band and light in a third wavelength band travel toward the first pixels or the third pixels; and a color filter layer including a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter, wherein the pass bandwidth of the second color filter is greater than the pass bandwidth of each of the first and third color filters.

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