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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Visera Technologies Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Kuo-Feng Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chin-Chuan Hsieh, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G03H 1/00 (2006.01); G03H 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/077 (2006.01); G03H 1/26 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/0005 (2013.01); G03H 1/0443 (2013.01); G03H 1/2645 (2013.01); H04N 9/077 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0458 (2013.01); G03H 2226/11 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a plurality of photoelectric elements for receiving an incident light. The photoelectric elements are arranged into a plurality of unit cells, and each of the unit cells includes a first photoelectric element and a second photoelectric element. The first photoelectric element in each of the unit cells captures a first pixel in a first phase, and the second photoelectric element in each of the unit cells captures a second pixel in a second phase, wherein the first phase is different from the second phase.