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Patent No.:

US 10462433 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

May. 01, 2018

Image sensor with big and small pixels and method of manufacture

Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gang Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Duli Mao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Dyson Hsin-Chih Tai, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Larry E. Henneman, Jr.

Henneman & Associates, PLC

Primary Examiner:

Christopher K Peterson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/083 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/083 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes a substrate, a first set of sensor pixels formed on the substrate, and a second set of sensor pixels formed on the substrate. The sensor pixels of the first set are arranged in rows and columns and are configured to detect light within a first range of wavelengths (e.g., white light). The sensor pixels of the second set are arranged in rows and columns and are each configured to detect light within one of a set of ranges of wavelengths (e.g., red, green, and blue). Each range of wavelengths of the set of ranges of wavelengths is a subrange of said first range of wavelengths, and each pixel of the second set of pixels is smaller than each pixel of the first set of pixels.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chen, Gang. (2019). Image sensor with big and small pixels and method of manufacture (U.S. Patent No. 10462433). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10462433

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