Super-resolution image sensor and producing method thereof
US11024010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/806
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a super-resolution image sensor and a producing method thereof such that, on the basis of not changing the arrangement of the image sensitive unit array of the image sensor, by means of the existing micro-lens manufacture techniques, the imaging resolution can be increased by offsetting micro-lens rows in a micro-lens array that covers upon the image sensitive unit array. In some examples, a super-resolution image sensor comprises an image sensitive unit array having image sensitive unit rows aligned with one another, and a micro-lens array covering upon the image sensitive unit array. Relative to a reference micro-lens row in the micro-lens array, the other micro-lens rows are regularly offset. Each micro-lens unit in the reference micro-lens row is center aligned with a corresponding image sensitive unit in a reference image sensitive unit row.
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