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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Won Jun Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensing device includes a Bayer pixel group configured include pixels that form a Bayer pattern and are arranged in a 2×2 matrix, a 4SUM pixel group configured to include pixels that correspond to the same colors and are arranged in a 2×2 matrix, a Bayer floating diffusion disposed at a center portion of the Bayer pixel group, a 4SUM floating diffusion (FD) region disposed at a center portion of the 4SUM pixel group, a sensing node, and a gain conversion transistor coupled between the sensing node and any one of the Bayer floating diffusion (FD) region and the 4SUM floating diffusion (FD) region.