Patent ID: 11863893
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An image sensor, comprising:
a pixel array comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group, wherein each of the first pixel group and the second pixel group comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and comprises a same color filter; and
a row driver configured to provide a plurality transmission control signals to the pixel array,
wherein the first pixel group comprises a first auto-focus (AF) pixel comprising a plurality of photodiodes arranged in parallel in a first direction, and the second pixel group comprises a second AF pixel comprising a plurality of photodiodes arranged in parallel in a second direction crossing the first direction,
wherein all of the plurality of pixels of the first pixel group comprises a first color filter, all of the plurality of pixels of the second pixel group comprises a second color filter that is different from the first color filter, and
wherein the first AF pixel of the first pixel group and the second AF pixel of the second pixel group receive same transmission control signals.