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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Smartsens Technology (Hk) Co., Ltd, Kwun Tong Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Zhi Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Guanjing Ren, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/46 (2023.01); G02B 3/00 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); G02B 2003/0093 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system with an array of pixel cell units having four photodiodes sharing the same readout amplifier, row select transistor, microlens and filter color. Some pixel cell units provide a phase detection autofocus function. The imaging system provides the option of imaging with phase detection autofocus and with or without horizontal or vertical binning readout modes, or both simultaneously, to form an a full resolution image of the target scene with improved effective frame rate and improved slow motion imaging.