| CPC H04N 25/78 (2023.01) [H04N 25/11 (2023.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. An image sensor comprising:
a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel groups, wherein the plurality of pixel groups are arranged in a Bayer pattern, wherein each of the plurality of pixel groups, comprises sixteen sub-pixels arranged that are arranged in a 4×4 array and correspond to a common color, and wherein the 4×4 array of each of the plurality of pixel groups comprises a plurality of readout areas that are activated alternately with each other;
a row driver connected to a row of the pixel array; and
a readout circuit configured to sample a pixel signal from the pixel array, to compare the sampled pixel signal with a ramp signal, and to generate a digital image signal based on a comparison of the pixel signal and the ramp signal,
wherein in each of the plurality of readout areas in each of the plurality of pixel groups, micro lenses are arranged asymmetrically with each other.
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