Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging sensors with per-pixel control
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Application No.: US15644957Application Date: 2017-07-10
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Publication No.: US10484624B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Tomas Geurts
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H04N5/345
- IPC: H04N5/345 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
Image sensors may include pixel circuitry to enable per-pixel integration time and read-out control. Two transistors may be coupled in series for per-pixel control, with one of the transistors being controlled on a row-by-row basis and the other transistor being controlled on a column-by-column basis. The two transistors in series may be coupled directly to each other without any intervening structures. Two transistors in series between a photodiode and a power supply terminal enables per-pixel control of starting an integration time, two transistors in series between a photodiode and a charge storage region enables per-pixel control of ending an integration time, and two transistors in series between a charge storage region and a floating diffusion region enables per-pixel control of read-out.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190014273A1 IMAGING SENSORS WITH PER-PIXEL CONTROL Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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