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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Jong Eun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image sensor. The image sensor may include a plurality of first lenses disposed on a substrate, and a plurality of second lenses disposed on a structure disposed on the substrate suitable for changing the distance between the first and second lenses from a first minimum distance wherein the image sensor operates in a first mode to a second maximum distance wherein the image sensor operates in a second mode.