Patent ID: 11889217
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. An image sensor comprising:
a pixel array including pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the pixels include a first normal pixel, a second normal pixel, a first AF pixel and a second AF pixel,
wherein each of the first normal pixel and the second normal pixel includes a single photodiode and a microlens,
each of the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel includes at least two photodiodes and a microlens,
the first normal pixel and the first AF pixel are adjacent in the first direction,
the second AF pixel and the second normal pixel are adjacent in the first direction,
the first normal pixel and the second AF pixels are adjacent in the second direction,
a size of the first AF pixel is greater than a size of the first normal pixel,
a size of the second AF pixel is greater than a size of the second normal pixel,
each of the first AF pixel and the second AF pixel has an octagonal shape,
a second length of the first AF pixel in the second direction is greater than a second length of the first normal pixel in the second direction, and
a second length of the second AF pixel in the second direction is greater than a second length of the second normal pixel in the second direction.