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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:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Myung Won Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Sang Chul Sul, Suwon-si, KR;

Hirosige Goto, Suwon-si, KR;

Sae Young Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Gwi Deok Ryan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Masaru Ishii, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Kyo Jin Choo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H01L 27/30 (2006.01); H01L 51/44 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/307 (2013.01); H01L 51/442 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor comprising: a first layer having a plurality of groups of photodiodes formed in a semiconductor substrate, each group representing a 2×2 array of photodiodes, with 2 first pixels configured to detect light of a first wavelength and 2 second pixels configured to detect light of a second wavelength, each first pixel positioned adjacent to the second pixels; and a second layer overlapping the first layer, the second layer is organic, having a plurality of organic photodiodes configured to detect light of a third wavelength, each organic photodiode positioned to partially overlap 2 first photodiodes and 2 second photodiodes of the first layer.


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