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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Munhwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Youngsun Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes unit pixels of a first pixel group sharing a first floating diffusion region and associated with a single color filter, and unit pixels of a second pixel group sharing a second floating diffusion region and associated with the single color filter. Control logic may generate an image by obtaining capacitance having a first value from the first floating diffusion region at a first time, and obtaining capacitance having a second value different from the first value from the second floating diffusion region at a second time following the first time. The first pixel group and the second pixel s group have different sensitivity levels.