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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas, Crolles, FR;
Inventors:
Lucie Dilhan, Grenoble, FR;
Jerome Vaillant, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, Crolles, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/024 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 39/802 (2025.01); H10F 39/8023 (2025.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor including a plurality of pixels formed in and on a semiconductor substrate and arranged in a matrix with N rows and M columns, with N being an integer greater than or equal to 1 and M an integer greater than or equal to 2. A plurality of microlenses face the substrate, and each of the microlenses is associated with a respective pixel. The microlenses are arranged in a matrix in N rows and M columns, and the pitch of the microlens matrix is greater than the pitch of the pixel matrix in a direction of the rows of the pixel matrix.