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Patent No.:

US 12732718 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

May. 18, 2023

Image sensor

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventor:

Eunsub Shim, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Twyler L Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Akshay undefined Trehan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 39/802 (2025.01); H10F 39/803 (2025.01); H10F 39/8037 (2025.01); H10F 39/8057 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/811 (2025.01); H10F 39/1865 (2025.01);
Abstract

An image sensor including: a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements included in a first region of a pixel; a plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements included in a second region of the pixel; a first overflow capacitor connected to the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements to store overflow charges of the first photoelectric conversion elements; a second overflow capacitor connected to the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements to store overflow charges of the second photoelectric conversion elements; and one or more microlenses disposed on the pixel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shim, Eunsub. (2026). Image sensor (U.S. Patent No. 12732718). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12732718

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