Image sensor having beam splitter
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSookyoung Roh, Seokho Yun, Sunghyun Nam
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Abstract
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor may include; an optical detection device layer including a plurality of optical detection devices; a filter array layer including a plurality of color filters and at least one infrared filter, and disposed on the optical detection device layer; and a plurality of beam splitters disposed in a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels being in contact with an infrared ray pixel including the at least one infrared ray color filter, and that are configured to change a direction of an infrared ray component of incident light towards the infrared ray pixel.
Claims11
An image sensor comprising:
- an optical detection device layer comprising a plurality of optical detection devices;
- a filter array layer comprising a plurality of color filters and at least one infrared filter, and disposed on the optical detection device layer;
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- a plurality of beam splitters that are disposed in a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels being in contact with an infrared ray pixel comprising the at least one infrared ray filter, and that are configured to change a direction of an infrared ray component of incident light towards the infrared ray pixel,
- wherein the plurality of pixels and the infrared ray pixel are alternately arranged, and the plurality of beam splitters are arranged to surround the infrared ray pixel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.