Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Area and power efficient multi-voltage row driver circuitry for image sensors
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Application No.: US16182992Application Date: 2018-11-07
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Publication No.: US10785437B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Anilkumar Prathipati
- 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 Jason Tsai
- Main IPC: H04N5/376
- IPC: H04N5/376 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Image sensor pixels may receive row control signals for row driver circuitry. The row driver circuitry may include a plurality of row driver circuits each of which is capable of outputting row control signals at more than two power supply voltage levels. A row driver circuit may include only two level shifting circuits. A first level shifting circuit may control a first pull-up path operable to drive the row driver output to a first power supply voltage level and may also control a second pull-up path operable to drive the row driver output to a second power supply voltage level. A second level shifting circuit may control a first pull-down path operable to drive the row driver output to a third power supply voltage level and may also control a second pull-down path operable to drive the row driver output to a fourth power supply voltage level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200145597A1 AREA AND POWER EFFICIENT MULTI-VOLTAGE ROW DRIVER CIRCUITRY FOR IMAGE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2020-05-07
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