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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeongjin Cho, Yongin-si, KR;

Youjin Jeong, Seoul, KR;

Taesub Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); G02B 3/0043 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes; a pixel array including pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the pixels includes a first normal pixel and a first auto focus (AF) pixel adjacent in the first direction, and a second AF pixel and a second normal pixel adjacent in the first direction. Each of the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel includes at least two photodiodes, each of the first normal pixel and the second normal pixel has a quadrangular shape, a first length of the first AF pixel in the first direction is greater than a first length of the first normal pixel in the first direction, and a first length of the second AF pixel in the first direction is greater than a first length of the second normal pixel in the first direction.


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