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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sung-Wook Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Min-Su Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor including a pixel area and a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area is described. The pixel area may include first micro lenses. The peripheral area may include second micro lenses. The first micro lenses may be arranged with a first period. The second micro lenses may be arranged with a second period different from the first period.