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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shih-Hsin Hsu, Taipei, TW;
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A compact camera includes an image sensor, a transparent layer, and a microlens (ML) layer, between the image sensor and the transparent layer. The ML layer forms (a) a first ML array having a plurality of first MLs, and (b) a second ML array with a plurality of second MLs interleaved with the plurality of first MLs. The compact camera also includes a baffle layer, between the ML layer and the image sensor, that forms a plurality of first aperture stops each aligned with a different one of the first MLs and a plurality of second aperture stops each aligned with a different one of the second MLs. The first MLs each have a first set of optical characteristics and the second MLs each have a second set of optical characteristics that are different from the first set of optical characteristics.