Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dark current reduction in image sensors via dynamic electrical biasing
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Application No.: US15269659Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US10225504B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Hui Tian , Pierre Henri Rene Della Nave
- Applicant: InVisage Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Newark
- Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newark
- Agency: Kligler & Associates
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/363

Abstract:
Image sensors and methods of using image sensors are disclosed. In an embodiment, the image sensor includes pixel regions having optically sensitive material (OSM). A bias voltage is provided to the OSM via a bias electrode for each pixel region. A pixel circuit (PC) for each pixel region includes a read out circuit and a charge store (CS) coupled to the OSM of the respective pixel region. The PC resets voltage on the CS to a reset voltage during a reset period, integrates charge from the OSM to the CS during an integration period, and reads out a signal from the CS during a read out period. The PC includes a reference voltage node coupled to the CS during the reset period and the read out circuit during the read out period, a reference voltage is applied to the reference voltage node and is varied during operation of the PC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170013218A1 DARK CURRENT REDUCTION IN IMAGE SENSORS VIA DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL BIASING Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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