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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2013.01); G01J 1/0437 (2013.01); G01J 1/0477 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor including a color splitting element and a method of operating the image sensor are provided. The image sensor may include a plurality of unit pixels, and each pixel of the plurality of unit pixels may include a plurality of color sub-pixels. At least one color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels may include a color splitting element that has a first refractive index greater than a second refractive index of a material that surrounds the first color splitting element.