Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus and imaging method for capturing imaging data via a pixel array
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Application No.: US15196615Application Date: 2016-06-29
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Publication No.: US10142572B2Publication Date: 2018-11-27
- Inventor: Markus Dielacher , Martin Flatscher , Stefan Gansinger , Michael Mark , Josef Prainsack , Hartwig Unterassinger
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Priority: DE102015112398 20150729
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/372 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/3745 ; G01S7/486 ; G01S7/497

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array. The pixel array comprises a first pixel comprising a first radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the first radiation-sensitive region. The pixel array also comprises a second pixel comprising a second radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the second radiation-sensitive region. Furthermore, the imaging apparatus comprises control circuitry configured to generate a common compensation signal being common to the first and second pixels. The common compensation signal mitigates a saturation of the respective charge storage regions of the first and second pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170034464A1 IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGING DATA VIA A PIXEL ARRAY Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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