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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Nishikori, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoyu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups being one of i) a normal pixel group including only normal pixels, or ii) a mixed pixel group including at least one normal pixel and at least one phase difference detection pixel, wherein the pixel array unit comprises at least one normal pixel group and at least one mixed pixel group. For each normal pixel group, the normal pixels receive light transmitted through a same colored color filter. For each mixed pixel group, the at least one phase difference detection pixel shares an on-chip lens with at least one other phase difference detection pixel and receives light transmitted through a same colored color filter as the at least one other phase difference detection pixel.