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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Dong Kyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong Min Keum, Daegu, KR;
Jun Sung Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bum Suk Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tae Han Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kwang Hee Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tae Sung Lee, Hee, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface opposite to the first surface, unit pixels in the substrate, each including a photoelectric conversion layer, color filters on the first surface of the substrate, a grid pattern on the first surface of the substrate defining a respective light receiving area of each of the unit pixels, and microlenses on the color filters, each of the microlenses corresponding to a respective one of the unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel sharing a first color filter which is one of the color filters, and a first light receiving area of the first pixel is different from a second light receiving area of the second pixel.