Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including auto-focus pixels that receive the same transmission control signal
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Application No.: US17743724Application Date: 2022-05-13
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Publication No.: US11863893B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Jungwook Lim , Jihun Kim
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR 20210064221 2021.05.18
- Main IPC: H04N25/704
- IPC: H04N25/704 ; H04N25/11 ; H04N25/77 ; H04N25/766 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An image sensor including: a pixel array including first and second pixel groups, each of the first and second pixel groups includes of pixels arranged in rows and columns; and a row driver configured to provide transmission control signals to the pixel array, the first pixel group includes a first auto-focus (AF) pixel including photodiodes arranged in a first direction, the pixels of the first pixel group output a pixel signal through a first column line, and the second pixel group includes a second AF pixel including photodiodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the pixels of the second pixel group output a pixel signal through a second column line, and the first AF pixel of the first pixel group and the second AF pixel of the second pixel group receive same transmission control signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220377267A1 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING AN AUTO-FOCUS PIXEL Public/Granted day:2022-11-24
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