US 12,356,084 B2
Color filter array for de-mosaicing and binning
Tal Michael Feld, Tel Aviv (IL); Gal Bitan, Tel Aviv (IL); and Igal Avishai, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,681.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388662 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/843 (2023.01) [H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pixel array of an image sensor, the pixel array comprising: a plurality of color filter array (CFA) cells, each of the plurality of CFA cells include first, second, third, and fourth CFA blocks, wherein each of the first and second CFA blocks includes a plurality of pixels to sense light of a first color, wherein most pixels of the third CFA block are configured to sense light of a second color and the third CFA block includes at least one first pixel to sense light of the first color, wherein most pixels of the fourth CFA block are configured to sense light of a third color and the fourth CFA block includes at least one second pixel to sense light of the first color, wherein the third CFA block includes at least one pixel located in a corner position among four corners of the third CFA block configured to sense light of the first color and all remaining pixels of the third CFA block are configured to sense light of the second color and wherein the third CFA block is directly adjacent an N×N arrangement of the plurality of pixels of the first color of the first CFA block, where N is at least 3.