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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11664401 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2021

Image sensor and electronic device including the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Seokho Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Sookyoung Roh, Yongin-si, KR;

Hongkyu Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Minwoo Lim, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Nhan T Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); H04N 9/01 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); G02B 26/004 (2013.01); G02B 27/1013 (2013.01); G02B 27/123 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 9/01 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes: a light detector including a plurality of photosensitive cells configured to sense light; a color separation lens array provided above the light detector and including a plurality of pattern structures, the color separation lens array being configured to collect light having different wavelength spectra respectively on at least two photosensitive cells of the plurality of photosensitive cells; and a variable interlayer element configured to adjust an optical distance between the light detector and the color separation lens array.

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