/Image Sensor Including Color Separating Lens Array And Electronic Apparatus Including The Image Sensor
Abstract

An image sensor includes a color separating lens array including a plurality of first pixel corresponding regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixel corresponding regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of second pixels, wherein each of the plurality of first pixel corresponding regions and the plurality of second pixel corresponding regions includes a plurality of nanoposts, and at least one of a shape, a width, and an arrangement of the plurality of nanoposts of the plurality of first pixel corresponding regions changes according to an azimuth direction of the plurality of nanoposts in a peripheral portion surrounding a central portion of the color separating lens array.

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What is claimed is:

An image sensor includes a color separating lens array including a plurality of first pixel corresponding regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixel corresponding regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of second pixels, wherein each of the plurality of first pixel corresponding regions and the plurality of second pixel corresponding regions includes a plurality of nanoposts, and at least one of a shape, a width, and an arrangement of the plurality of nanoposts of the plurality of first pixel corresponding regions changes according to an azimuth direction of the plurality of nanoposts in a peripheral portion surrounding a central portion of the color separating lens array.
Timeline
Filed
06/12/2026
Published
10/01/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
G02B 3/00:Simple or compound lenses
H04N 9/64:Circuits for processing colour signals (takes precedence H04N 9/77; camera processing pipelines for processing colour signals H04N 23/84)
H04N 23/84:for processing colour signals