IP Library Granted Patent US 11,463,642
Granted Patent B2
US 11,463,642 · App. 17/152,368 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Image sensor including pixel array and mobile terminal

Inventors: Danmei Wang (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Huazhao Zhou (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Panpan Zhu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04N5/36965H04N5/36961H04N5/379H04N9/04553H04N9/04559H04N5/372H04N5/374
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Patent No.
US 11,463,642
App. No.
17/152,368
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image sensor and a mobile terminal are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array, where the pixel array includes a preset quantity of pixel units arranged in a predetermined manner. The pixel unit includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, and the second pixel includes a green sub-pixel, a preset sub-pixel, and at least one of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel. Both the first pixel and the second pixel are full-pixel dual-core focusing pixels, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes four full-pixel dual-core focusing sub-pixels. The preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band and one of a red band, a green band, and a blue band, or the preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band, a red band, a green band, and a blue band.

Claims (43)

1. An image sensor, comprising:

a pixel array, wherein the pixel array comprises a preset quantity of pixel units arranged in a predetermined manner, and the pixel unit comprises a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel; the first pixel comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, and the second pixel comprises a green sub-pixel, a preset sub-pixel, and at least one of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel;

both the first pixel and the second pixel are full-pixel dual-core focusing pixels, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel comprises four full-pixel dual-core focusing sub-pixels; and

the preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band and one of a red band, a green band, and a blue band, or the preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band, a red band, a green band, and a blue band;

wherein a position of a half preset sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as a position of a half red sub-pixel, a half green sub-pixel, or a half blue sub-pixel in the first pixel, and half preset sub-pixels of two adjacent second pixels form the preset sub-pixel.

2. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

a position of the preset sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as a position of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, or the blue sub-pixel in the first pixel; or

a position of the preset sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as a position of a first combined sub-pixel in the first pixel or the same as a position of a second combined sub-pixel in the first pixel; wherein

the first combined sub-pixel is a combination of half the red sub-pixel and half the green sub-pixel that are adjacent; and the second combined sub-pixel is a combination of half the green sub-pixel and half the blue sub-pixel that are adjacent.

3. The image sensor according to claim 2 , wherein the pixel unit comprises one second pixel and at least one first pixel.

4. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein in the pixel unit, a quantity of the second pixels is two, and a quantity of the first pixels is greater than or equal to zero.

5. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a blue hand and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a first color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the first color filter comprises a blue filter and an infrared filter.

6. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a green hand and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a second color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the second color filter comprises a green filter and an infrared filter.

7. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a red band and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a third color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the third color filter comprises a red filter and an infrared filter.

8. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a red band, a green band, a blue hand, and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a fourth color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the fourth color filter comprises a red filter, a green filter, a blue filter, and an infrared filter.

9. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the red sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a red filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order;

the green sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a green filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order; and

the blue sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a blue filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order.

10. The image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the image sensor is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, a charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor, or a quantum thin-film image sensor.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising an imaging system, wherein the imaging system comprises:

the image sensor according to claim 1 ;

a lens module;

a drive module configured to drive movement of the lens module;

a filter module disposed between the lens module and the image sensor;

an image data processing module connected to the image sensor; and

a display module connected to the image data processing module.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the filter module is capable of allowing light with a wavelength of 380 nm to 1100 nm to pass.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein

a position of the preset sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as a position of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, or the blue sub-pixel in the first pixel; or

a position of the preset sub-pixel in the second pixel is the same as a position of a first combined sub-pixel in the first pixel or the same as a position of a second combined sub-pixel in the first pixel; wherein

the first combined sub-pixel is a combination of half the red sub-pixel and half the green sub-pixel that are adjacent; and the second combined sub-pixel is a combination of half the green sub-pixel and half the blue sub-pixel that are adjacent.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel unit comprises one second pixel and at least one first pixel.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein in the pixel unit, a quantity of the second pixels is two, and a quantity of the first pixels is greater than or equal to zero.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a blue band and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a first color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the first color filter comprises a blue filter and an infrared filter.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a green band and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, second color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the second color filter comprises a green filter and an infrared filter.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the preset sub-pixel is used to receive a red band and an infrared band; and

the preset sub-pixel comprises a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, a photodiode, a third color filter, and a micromirror that are stacked in order, wherein the third color filter comprises a red filter and an infrared filter.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2025
From: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073133/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2021
From: WANG, DANMEI; ZHOU, HUAZHAO; ZHU, PANPAN
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055031/0118 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810796852.4 · Jul 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019095366 · Jul 10, 2019
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