Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sampling device and method for reducing noise
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Application No.: US15828292Application Date: 2017-11-30
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Publication No.: US10270992B1Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Shang-Fu Yeh , Chih-Lin Lee , Chin Yin , Kuo-Yu Chou
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- Main IPC: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A device includes a current source and sampling units. Each of the sampling units includes a transistor and a capacitor electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor. The sampling units are sequentially activated such that the capacitor samples a voltage of a column line of a pixel array and are activated together such that the transistor is turned on according to the sampled voltage of the capacitor, to drain a current from the current source through an output node to generate an output voltage thereat.
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