Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Layout and operation of pixels for image sensors
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Application No.: US15727640Application Date: 2017-10-09
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Publication No.: US10707247B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Hui Tian , Igor Constantin Ivanov , Edward Hartley Sargent
- 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 Patent Attorneys Ltd
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; H04N9/04

Abstract:
Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses for forming and using pixels for image sensors. In one embodiment, an image sensor having at least two pixel electrodes per color region, and having at least two modes is disclosed. The example image sensor includes a first, unbinned, mode; and a second, binned, mode. In the first, unbinned mode, the at least two pixel electrodes per color region are to be reset to substantially similar levels. In the second, binned mode, a first pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a high voltage that results in efficient collection of photocharge, and a second pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a low voltage that results in less efficient collection of photocharge. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180130838A1 Layout and operation of pixels for image sensors Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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