Patent ID: 11888004
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixel groups, the plurality of pixel groups including i) normal pixel groups including only normal pixels, and ii) mixed pixel groups including at least one normal pixel and at least one phase difference detection pixel,
wherein, for each normal pixel group, color filters of the normal pixels transmit a same wavelength of light,
wherein, for each mixed pixel group, the at least one phase difference detection pixel shares an on-chip lens with at least one other phase difference detection pixel,
wherein a color filter of the at least one phase difference detection pixel transmits a same wavelength of light as a color filter of the at least one other phase difference detection pixel,
wherein each of the plurality of pixel groups includes four pixels in a 2×2 array,
wherein for the mixed pixel groups, the four pixels include the at least one phase difference detection pixel,
wherein the at least one phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference detection pixel and the at least one other phase difference detection pixel includes a second phase difference detection pixel, and
wherein the first phase difference detection pixel and the second phase difference detection pixel are adjacent to one another and belong to different mixed pixel groups.