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US 12,484,318 · App. 17/796,654 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

CMOS image chip, camera thereof, and debugging method thereof

Inventors: Hao Wu (Jiangsu, CN); Wenbing Zhang (Jiangsu, CN); Feng Gao (Jiangsu, CN); Zhenhua Rao (Jiangsu, CN); Yufei Xia (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
H10F39/18H01L25/167H04N17/002H10F39/8057H10F39/8063H10F39/811
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Patent No.
US 12,484,318
App. No.
17/796,654
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a CMOS image chip, a camera, thereof, and a debugging method thereof. The CMOS image chip of the present invention disposes light emitting diodes in a light emitting region and uses a projection pattern of the light emitting diodes on a substrate to be inspected to determine a photosensitive effective region of the CMOS image chip on the underlay to prevent the issue that the conventional technology uses an image by camera imaging on a display device as debug basis and a camera imaging image has signal delay to result in a low debugging efficiency, which drastically improves a debugging efficiency of the camera.

Claims (47)

1 . A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image chip, comprising: a photosensitive region and a light emitting region surrounding the photosensitive region;

wherein the CMOS image chip comprises:

a circuit layer located in the photosensitive region and the light emitting region;

a plurality of photodiodes disposed on the circuit layer of the photosensitive region and electrically connected to the circuit layer; and

a plurality of the light emitting diodes disposed on the circuit layer of the light emitting region and electrically connected to the circuit layer;

wherein an underlay is disposed on the circuit layer in the photosensitive region, and the photodiodes are disposed on the underlay of the photosensitive region;

wherein the underlay is further disposed on the circuit layer in the light emitting region, the underlay in the light emitting region comprises a first aperture, and the light emitting diodes are located in the first aperture;

wherein each of the light emitting diodes comprises: a substrate, a light emitting layer disposed on a side of the substrate toward the circuit layer, a P-electrode and a N-electrode disposed on a side of the light emitting layer away from the substrate at an interval;

wherein the circuit layer corresponding to the first aperture comprises a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the P-electrode and the N-electrode respectively;

wherein the CMOS image chip further comprises:

an anti-reflection layer disposed on a side of the underlay away from the circuit layer; a second aperture is defined between adjacent two of the photodiodes, and the anti-reflection layer is further filled in the second aperture; and

an encapsulation layer filled in the first aperture;

wherein surfaces of sides of the encapsulation layer, the light emitting diodes, and the anti-reflection layer away from the circuit layer are flush with one another.

2 . The CMOS image chip according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting diodes are Micro light emitting diodes (LEDs) or Mini LEDs.

3 . The CMOS image chip according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light emitting diodes further comprises a protrusion metal disposed between the P-electrode and the first electrode and disposed between the N-electrode and the second electrode.

4 . The CMOS image chip according to claim 3 , wherein a surface of a side of the light emitting layer of one of the light emitting diodes away from the circuit layer is flush with a surface of a side of the underlay away from the circuit layer.

5 . The CMOS image chip according to claim 1 , wherein the CMOS image chip further comprises:

a metal grid disposed on a portion of a side of the anti-reflection layer away from the circuit layer corresponding to the second aperture;

a first planarization layer disposed on a side of the anti-reflection layer, the light emitting diodes and the encapsulation layer away from the circuit layer;

a color resist unit disposed on a side of the first planarization layer between adjacent portions of the metal grid away from the circuit layer;

a second planarization layer disposed on a side of the color resist unit and the first planarization layer away from the circuit layer; and

a plurality of lens elements disposed on a side of the second planarization layer away from the circuit layer and disposed opposite to the color resist unit and the light emitting diodes.

6 . The CMOS image chip according to claim 1 , a length of bottom edge of a side of the first aperture near the circuit layer is less than a length of a bottom edge of a side of the first aperture away from the circuit layer.

7 . A camera, comprising a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image chip and a lens;

wherein the camera comprises one of an area array camera and a linear array camera;

wherein the CMOS image chip comprises: a photosensitive region and a light emitting region surrounding the photosensitive region;

wherein the CMOS image chip comprises:

a circuit layer located in the photosensitive region and the light emitting region;

a plurality of photodiodes disposed on the circuit layer of the photosensitive region and electrically connected to the circuit layer; and

a plurality of the light emitting diodes disposed on the circuit layer of the light emitting region and electrically connected to the circuit layer;

wherein an underlay is disposed on the circuit layer in the photosensitive region, and the photodiodes are disposed on the underlay of the photosensitive region;

wherein the underlay is further disposed on the circuit layer in the light emitting region, the underlay in the light emitting region comprises a first aperture, and the light emitting diodes are located in the first aperture;

wherein each of the light emitting diodes comprises: a substrate, a light emitting layer disposed on a side of the substrate toward the circuit layer, a P-electrode and a N-electrode disposed on a side of the light emitting layer away from the substrate at an interval;

wherein the circuit layer corresponding to the first aperture comprises a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the P-electrode and the N-electrode respectively;

wherein the CMOS image chip further comprises:

an anti-reflection layer disposed on a side of the underlay away from the circuit layer; a second aperture is defined between adjacent two of the photodiodes, and the anti-reflection layer is further filled in the second aperture; and

an encapsulation layer filled in the first aperture;

wherein surfaces of sides of the encapsulation layer, the light emitting diodes, and the anti-reflection layer away from the circuit layer are flush with one another.

8 . The camera according to claim 7 , wherein the light emitting diodes are Micro light emitting diode (LEDs) or Mini LEDs.

9 . The camera according to claim 7 , wherein each of the light emitting diodes further comprises a protrusion metal disposed between the P-electrode and the first electrode and disposed between the N-electrode and the second electrode; and

a surface of a side of the light emitting layer of one of the light emitting diodes away from the circuit layer is flush with a surface of a side of the underlay away from the circuit layer.

10 . The camera according to claim 7 , wherein the CMOS image chip further comprises:

a metal grid disposed on a portion of a side of the anti-reflection layer away from the circuit layer corresponding to the second aperture;

a first planarization layer disposed on a side of the anti-reflection layer, the light emitting diodes and the encapsulation layer away from the circuit layer;

a color resist unit disposed on a side of the first planarization layer between adjacent portions of the metal grid away from the circuit layer;

a second planarization layer disposed on a side of the color resist unit and the first planarization layer away from the circuit layer; and

a plurality of lens elements disposed on a side of the second planarization layer away from the circuit layer and disposed opposite to the color resist unit and the light emitting diodes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2022
From: WU, HAO; ZHANG, WENBING; GAO, FENG; RAO, ZHENHUA; XIA, YUFEI
To: SUZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210821963.2 · Jul 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240186358A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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