US 11,671,705 B2
Image sensor including plurality of auto focusing pixel groups
Eunsub Shim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Kyungho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Masato Fujita, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,302.
Application 17/941,302 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,813, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0131686 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007163 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 13/16 (2021.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/67 (2023.01) [G03B 13/16 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14647 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
a pixel array including a plurality of image pixel groups and an auto focusing (AF) pixel group disposed in a same row, each of the plurality of image pixel groups and the AF pixel group including a plurality of pixels; and
a plurality of transmission control signal line and a plurality of mode control signal lines transmitting transmission control signals to the pixel array,
wherein the plurality of transmission control signal line include a first transmission control signal line, a second transmission control signal line,
wherein the plurality of mode control signal lines include a first mode control signal line,
wherein the plurality of image pixel groups are connected to the first transmission control signal line and the second transmission control signal line, and
wherein the AF pixel group is connected to the first mode control signal line, and one of the first transfer control signal line and the second transfer control signal line.