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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ryuji Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Shunsuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/621 (2023.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/621 (2023.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/186 (2025.01);
Abstract
An image sensor comprises a pixel array having a color filter array including a minimal repeating unit, where the minimal repeating unit consists of 4×4 pixels including two red pixels, four green pixels, two blue pixels, and eight clear pixels. When clear pixels are saturated and blooming, a blue pixel is affected by three or two clear pixels, but not four clear pixels.