Visera Technologies Company Limited

Tpo Displays Corporation

Visera Technologies Company Limiied

Technologies Co., Ltd.

Yu-Chi Chang

Zong-Ru Tu

Shin-Hong Kuo

Han-Lin Wu

Ching-Hua Li

Cheng-Hsuan Lin

Ching-Chiang Wu

Hung-Jen Tsai

Po-Hsiang Wang

Chun-Yuan Wang

An-Li Kuo

Wei-Chih Chang

Huang-Jen Chen

Wei-Lung Tsai

Kai-Hao Chang

Chih-Ming Wang

Chia-Yi Tsai

Norio Oku

Mu-Chia Lee

Kuo-Hung Kuo

Chun-Wei Huang

Hung-Che Lu

Hong-Bin Li

Wen-Kuei Lai

Hau-Chiun Li

Pin-Chia Tseng

Hui-Min Yang

Ta-Yung Ni

An image sensing device is provided. The image sensing device includes: a micro lens, a first optical layer, a second optical layer, and an anti-reflection layer. The first optical layer is formed on the micro lens. The second optical layer is formed on the first optical layer. An interface is formed between the first optical layer and the second optical layer, and the interface is beveled. The anti-reflection layer is formed on the second optical layer.

Image sensing device with multiple optical layers formed on micro lens

An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, an isolation structure on the substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, a transparent electrode layer, an encapsulation layer, a color filter layer, and a micro-lens. The isolation structure is electrically non-conductive and defines a plurality of pixel regions on the substrate. The isolation structure prevents cross-talk of electrical signals among pixels. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed on the pixel regions defined by the isolation structure. The transparent electrode layer is disposed over the isolation structure and the photoelectric conversion layer. The encapsulation layer is disposed over the transparent electrode layer. The micro-lens is disposed on the color filter layer.

Image sensor and method of forming the same

An image sensor includes a plurality of liquid-lens units, which include: a lower electrode and an upper electrode; a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; a containment space disposed between the dielectric layer and the upper electrode; and a non-polar liquid and a polar liquid filled into the containment space, wherein the non-polar liquid and the polar liquid are immiscible with each other. The non-polar liquid is configured to occupy a first contact area on the dielectric layer under a first voltage, and a second contact area on the dielectric layer under a second voltage. The first contact area is larger than the second contact area, and the second voltage is higher than the first voltage.

Image sensor having liquid-lens units and method for detecting images

A meta optical device is provided. The meta optical device includes an array of meta structures. Each of the meta structures includes a plurality of stacked layers at least including a first layer with a first refractive index and a second layer with a second refractive index. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are different.

Meta optical device, optical system, and method for aberration correction

An optical device is provided. The optical device includes a substrate and a plurality of optical structures. The substrate includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The optical structures are disposed above the substrate. Each optical structure corresponds to one photoelectric conversion element. Each optical structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first glass transition temperature. The second portion has a second glass transition temperature. The second portion guides the incident light into the photoelectric conversion element. The first glass transition temperature is higher than the second glass transition temperature.

Optical devices

An image sensor includes a group of sensor units and a color filter layer disposed within the group of sensor units. The image sensor further includes a dielectric structure and a plurality of polarization splitters disposed corresponding to the color filter layer. Each of the plurality of polarization splitters has a first meta element extending in a first direction from top view and a second meta element extending in a second direction from top view. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Image sensor

The optical device includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode, and a hybrid absorber. The hybrid absorber is disposed above the first photodiode and the second photodiode. The hybrid absorber includes a color filter layer and a plurality of metal-insulator-metal structures. The color filter layer includes a first color filter disposed on the first photodiode and a second color filter disposed on the second photodiode, in which the first color filter is different from the second color filter. The plurality of metal-insulator-metal structures are disposed above the first photodiode and free of disposed above the second photodiode.

Optical device

An image sensor includes a first pixel array. The first pixel array includes multiple photo diodes and a polyhedron structure. The polyhedron structure is located above the photo diodes, and the polyhedron structure includes a bottom facet, a top facet, and at least one side facet. The bottom facet is located between the side facet and the photo diodes, and an orthogonal projection of the polyhedron structure overlaps with photo diodes. The polyhedron structure is configured to divide an incident light into a plurality of light beams focused in the photo diodes.

A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes photoelectric conversion units and modulation structures embedded in the photoelectric conversion units. The solid-state image sensor also includes isolation structures disposed between the photoelectric conversion units and a protective layer disposed on the photoelectric conversion units. From the top view of the solid-state image sensor, the photoelectric conversion units and the modulation structures form mosaic patterns, and the ratio of the area of one modulation structure to the area of the corresponding mosaic pattern is between 0.1 and 0.9.

Solid-state image sensor

A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor also includes an isolation structure disposed between the photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor further includes a color filter layer disposed above the semiconductor substrate and having color filter segments that correspond to the photoelectric conversion elements. Moreover, the solid-state image sensor includes an organic film disposed above the color filter layer. The solid-state image sensor also includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the organic film. The solid-state image sensor further includes nano-structures disposed on the upper side or the lower side of the organic film.

A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor also includes a first color filter layer disposed above the photoelectric conversion elements and a second color filter layer disposed adjacent to the first color filter layer, which respectively have a plurality of first color filter segments and a plurality of second color filter segments. Moreover, the solid-state image sensor includes a first metal grid structure disposed between the first color filter layer and the second color filter layer. The solid-state image sensor also includes a second metal grid structure disposed between the first color filter segments and between the second color filter segments. The bottom of the first metal grid structure has a first grid width, and the bottom of the second metal grid structure has a second grid width narrower than the first grid width.

A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes photoelectric conversion elements and a color filter layer disposed above the photoelectric conversion elements. The photoelectric conversion elements and the color filter layer form normal pixels and auto-focus pixels, the color filter layer that correspond to the normal pixels are divided into first color filter segments and second color filter segments, the first color filter segments are disposed on at least one side that is closer to an incident light, and the width of the first color filter segments is greater than the width of the second color filter segments.

An image sensor includes: a group of autofocus sensor units; neighboring sensor units adjacent to and surrounding the group of autofocus sensor units, wherein each of the neighboring sensor units has a first side close to the group of autofocus sensor units, and a second side away from the group of autofocus sensor units. The image sensor further includes: a first light shielding structure disposed between the group of autofocus sensor units and the neighboring sensor units; a first extra light shielding structure laterally extending from the first light shielding structure and disposed on at least one of the first side and the second side of one or more of the neighboring sensor units.

A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having photoelectric conversion elements. The photoelectric conversion elements form an N×N pixel array, where N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 3. The solid-state image sensor also includes a modulation layer disposed above the photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor further includes a light-adjusting structure disposed on the modulation layer and corresponding to the N×N pixel array. The N×N pixel array includes a first pixel region having at least one first pixel. The N×N pixel array also includes a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region in a first direction and in a second direction different from the first direction and having second pixels. The aperture ratio of the first pixel and the aperture ratio of the second pixel are different.

An operating method of an under-display camera system includes: providing a raw data by a pixel array; generating, by a plurality of color filters respectively disposed on a plurality of first photodiodes of the pixel array, a color information in accordance with the raw data; generating, by a plurality of first narrowband filters respectively disposed on a plurality of second photodiodes of the pixel array, a first narrowband information in accordance with the raw data, wherein a spectrum linewidth of the plurality of first narrowband filters is in a range from 5 nm to 70 nm; reconstructing an edge information from the first narrowband information based on one of a plurality of diffraction patterns provided by a database unit of a point spread function; and obtaining an image by combining the edge information with the color information.

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