Patent ID: 8723994
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A color pixel array including a plurality of micropixels, the color pixel array comprising: a plurality of photosensitive elements each included within one of the micropixels; and a color filter array optically aligned with the photosensitive elements such that incident light passes through the color filter array prior to reaching the photosensitive elements, the color filter array including a plurality of filter elements and each of the filter elements is included within one of the micropixels, wherein the micropixels are organized into triangular macropixels and each of the triangular macropixels includes more than one of the micropixels, wherein a perimeter shape of each of the triangular macropixels forms a triangle, wherein the triangular macropixels are organized into a repeating pattern across the color pixel array.