US Patent Issued to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 8 for "Hybrid image pixels for phase detection auto focus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,279, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Hybrid image pixels for phase detection auto focus" was invented by Xiaodong Yang (San Jose, Calif.), Guansong Liu (San Jose, Calif.), Wei Deng (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Chin Poh Pang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Da Meng (Fremont, Calif.) and Hongjun Li (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensors for Phase-Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) are provided. An image sensor includes a pixel including a plurality of photodiodes disposed in a semiconductor material according to an arrangement. The arrangement defines a first image subpixel comprisi...