US 12,244,945 B2
Image sensor including phase detection pixels
Wonchul Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Kyungho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Heesang Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Seoyun Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Jung Bin Yun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,132.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0091717 (KR), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031698 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/704 (2023.01) [H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
a first pixel group including a first pixel unit corresponding to a first color and including a plurality of first pixels arranged with an m×n form,
a second pixel unit corresponding to a second color and including a plurality of second pixels arranged with the m×n form, and a third pixel unit corresponding to a third color and including a plurality of third pixels arranged with the m×n form, wherein m and n are natural numbers greater than or equal to 3; and
a first micro lens formed on the first pixel unit and shared by at least two adjacent first pixels in a first direction among the plurality of first pixels.