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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2021
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Takeo Azuma, Kyoto, JP;
Chengming Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor has a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction and in a column direction. Each pixel comprises a color filter that has a portion with a low transmissivity and a portion with a high transmissivity, and a photoelectric conversion element that includes a first photoelectric conversion cell which receives light transmitting through the portion with the low transmissivity of the color filter, and a second photoelectric conversion cell which receives light transmitting through the portion with the high transmissivity of the color filter. The plurality of pixels are arranged such that positions of the portions with the low transmissivity for pixels of one color are identical among the plurality of pixels, and the portions with the low transmissivity are positioned adjacent to each other between adjacent pixels of different colors in the row direction only.