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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/024 (2025.01); H10F 39/8023 (2025.01); H10F 39/805 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a sensor substrate including a plurality of light sensing cells; a spacer layer which is transparent and arranged on an upper side of the sensor substrate; and a color separation lens array arranged on an upper side of the spacer layer. The color separation lens array includes: a first lens layer which includes a first nanopost having a sub-wavelength shape dimension and a first peripheral material provided around the first nanopost; and a first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) stop layer which is provided on an entire upper surface of the first lens layer except for an upper surface of the first nanopost.