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US 2022/0020802 A1Published application
Image sensor and method for manufacturing image sensor
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorYuta NAKAMURA
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Abstract
There is provided an image sensor including: a light polarizing unit configured to transmit light in a specific light polarization direction out of incident light; a pixel configured to generate an image signal corresponding to the light transmitted through the light polarizing unit; and a signal transfer unit formed simultaneously with the light polarizing unit and configured to transfer either of the image signal and a control signal that controls generation of the image signal.
Claims20
An image sensor, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels, each pixel including:
- a photoelectric conversion unit;
- a light polarizing unit, wherein the light polarizing unit includes a plurality of light blocking lines;
- a pixel circuit;
- and
- a plurality of signal transfer units, wherein the plurality of signal transfer units are arranged in a peripheral portion of the image sensor.
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An image sensor, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a photoelectric conversion unit formed in the substrate;
- a light polarizing unit on a light incident side of the substrate wherein the light polarizing unit includes a plurality of light blocking lines;
- and
- a signal transfer unit on the light incident side of the substrate, wherein the signal transfer unit is arranged in a peripheral portion of the image sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.