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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2022
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alireza Bonakdar, San Jose, CA (US);
Shinn-Jhy Lian, San Jose, CA (US);
Badrinath Padmanabhan, San Jose, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A flare-blocking image sensor includes large pixels and small pixels, a microlens, and an opaque element. The large pixels and small pixels form a first and second pixel array respectively, each having a pixel pitch Pand P. The second pixel array is offset from the first pixel array by ½Pand ½P. A first large pixel of the large pixels is between and collinear with a first and a second small pixel separated by √{square root over (P+P)} in a first direction and each having a width W less than both pixel pitch Pand P. The microlens is aligned with the first large pixel. The opaque element is between the first large pixel and the microlens and extends, in the first direction, less than from the first small pixel toward the second small pixel. The opaque element has a width perpendicular to the first direction not exceeding width W.