WORKSHOP PAPER
Design of Double micro lens structure for 2.8um Global Shutter Pixel
Toshifumi Yokoyama1, Masakatsu Suzuki1, Yoshiaki Nishi1, Ikuo Mizuno1, Assaf Lahav2
1Towerjazz Panasonic semiconductor Co., Ltd., 800 Higashiyama, Uozu City, Toyama, Japan 937-8585.
2TowerJazz SemiConductors, Migdal Haemeq, Israel.

Abstract

We developed a 2.8um Global shutter pixel. We proposed a new inner lens design concept to realize the both low optical noise and high Quantum Efficiency (QE). New lens based on our concept achieved low optical noise (1 / PLS = 7700) and high QE (62%).
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2017
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/hus4-u3zk
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Keywords

Global shutter pixel, Quantum Efficiency, Parasitic Light Sensitivity,

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