Patent ID: 11882372
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A camera device comprising:
an image sensor including a pixel array and a logic circuit; and
an optical module including a plurality of lenses arranged to be in a path of travel of light incident on the image sensor,
wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel circuit, at least one photodiode, a light transmission layer above the photodiode, and a microlens that are sequentially stacked,
wherein the logic circuit is configured to obtain a pixel signal from the plurality of pixels,
wherein at least one of the plurality of lenses has an edge that extends in the first direction,
wherein the pixel array includes a general pixel, a first autofocus pixel, and a second autofocus pixel,
wherein the first autofocus pixel and the second autofocus pixel each include a first photodiode and a second photodiode, and the first photodiode and the second photodiode of the first autofocus pixel are adjacent to each other in the first direction and the first photodiode and the second photodiode of the second autofocus pixel are adjacent to each other in the second direction, and
wherein a height of an upper surface of the microlens included in the first autofocus pixel is different from a height of an upper surface of the microlens included in the second autofocus pixel.