Image sensor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKYUNG HO LEE
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Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photodiodes disposed adjacent to one another in at least one of the first direction and the second direction. The image sensor further includes a control logic configured to generate image data by obtaining pixel signals from the plurality of pixels, and read a pixel voltage corresponding to charges generated by two or more of the plurality of photodiodes included in one of the plurality of pixels, at substantially the same time.
Claims11
An image sensor, comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels;
- and
- a control logic configured to generate image data using charges generated in each of the plurality of pixels,
- wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of photodiodes formed at about a same depth in a semiconductor substrate, a pixel circuit below the plurality of photodiodes, and a device connection layer that physically connects at least portions of the plurality of photodiodes to each other and being disposed between the pixel circuit and the plurality of photodiodes.
An image sensor, comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels;
- and
- a control logic circuit configured to generate image data using charges generated in each of the plurality of pixels,
- wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises:
- a plurality of photodiodes formed at about a same depth in a semiconductor substrate;
- a plurality of transfer transistors connected to the plurality of photodiodes;
- and
- a connection line that connects gate electrode layers of at least a portion of transfer transistors among the plurality of transfer transistors to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.