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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sang-Hoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Byungjun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/0455 (2018.08); H04N 5/3577 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3741 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy region, a plurality of unit pixels on the active region, a transparent conductive layer on a first surface of the substrate, a light-blocking layer on the transparent conductive layer and electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer, the light-blocking layer having a grid structure adjacent light transmission regions, and a pad electrically connected to the light-blocking layer, on the dummy region.