US 12,154,923 B2
Imaging device including shared pixels and operating method thereof
Chanyoung Jang, Pohang-si (KR); Hee Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Minkyu Sun, Suwon-si (KR); Youngjun Song, Seoul (KR); and Wooseok Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,220.
Application 18/297,220 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,765, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,646,338.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0009399 (KR), filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246051 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/589 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 27/14627 (2013.01) [H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 25/589 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
a pixel array comprising a plurality of shared pixels that share a floating diffusion node, each of the shared pixels comprising sub-pixels covered by one micro-lens, and receive light reflected from an object;
a memory storing shift information of a micro lens of each of the plurality of shared pixels; and
an image processing unit configured to compensate for a capture image generated from the plurality of shared pixels using the shift information and generate a compensated capture image,
wherein the plurality of shared pixels are configured such that exposure time is controlled based on a degree of an image brightness change associated with the compensation of the capture image.