US 12,219,279 B2
Image sensor including an auto-focus pixel
Jungwook Lim, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Jihun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/513,747.
Application 18/513,747 is a continuation of application No. 17/743,724, filed on May 13, 2022, granted, now 11,863,893.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064221 (KR), filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098384 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/704 (2023.01) [H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor, comprising:
a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and
transmission control lines configured to provide transmission control signals to the pixel array,
wherein the plurality of pixels comprises a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel arranged in a same row of the pixel array,
wherein the first pixel comprises a first photodiode and a second photodiode arranged in a first direction, wherein the first photodiode of the first pixel is connected to a first transmission control line, and wherein the second photodiode of the first pixel is connected to a second transmission control line,
wherein the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel comprises a first photodiode and a second photodiode arranged in the first direction, wherein the first photodiode of the second pixel is connected to a third transmission control line, and wherein the second photodiode of the second pixel is connected to a fourth transmission control line, and
wherein the third pixel comprises a first photodiode and a second photodiode arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first photodiode of the third pixel is connected to the first transmission control line, and wherein the second photodiode of the third pixel is connected to the second transmission control line.