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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:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2023
Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xiaodong Yang, San Jose, CA (US);

Masao Sambongi, Fremont, CA (US);

Chengming Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Chen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, an image sensor comprises a pixel array having a minimal repeating unit, where the minimal repeating unit consists of 4×4 pixels including 12 green pixels, 2 blue pixels, and 2 red pixels, where a minimal repeating unit is immediately next to another minimal repeating unit in row and column directions. In another embodiment, an image sensor comprises a pixel array having a minimal repeating unit, where the minimal repeating unit consists of 8×8 pixels including 48 green pixels, 8 blue pixels, and 8 red pixels.


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