Samsung ISOCELL JNP Device Essentials Plus

Discover Samsung ISOCELL JNP, the first image sensor with an on-chip metaphotonics microlens array, enhancing light capture and optical performance.

Samsung ISOCELL JNP is the first commercial use of an on-chip metaphotonics microlens array (MPMA) on an image sensor. The Samsung JNP is the first CMOS image sensor (CIS) to use an on-chip MPMA replacing the traditional organic on-chip lens (OCL) array. Metaphotonic structures, replacing the traditional organic OCL, are an emerging technology that manipulates light at the nanoscale to enhance optical performance. By engineering materials at sub-wavelength scales, researchers have developed innovative solutions for improving the efficiency and functionality of optical devices, including image sensors. The meta-photonic structures, such as nano-pillars developed by Samsung, boost the light each pixel captures while preserving the compact size of the pixels. TechInsights analysis dived deep into the Samsung JNP process features, material analysis, and layout, with special focus on the MPMA, and the finding are summarized in this Device Essential Plus report.