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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array, wherein the pixel array includes a first unit pixel including first sensing pixels adjacent along a column direction and second sensing pixels adjacent along the column direction, the first sensing pixels and the second sensing pixels being adjacent along a row direction, and a same color filter overlapping first and second sensing pixels. The first sensing pixels share a first floating diffusion node. The second sensing pixels share a second floating diffusion node.