Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including parallel output of pixel signals from a pixel unit and image processing system including the same
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Application No.: US15160369Application Date: 2016-05-20
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Publication No.: US10863131B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Il Yun Jeong , Chae Sung Kim , Jung Chan Kyoung , Yun Jung Kim , Jong-Seok Seo , Jae-Sung Heo
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A
- Priority: KR10-2015-0070640 20150520; KR10-2016-0062216 20160520
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels configured to output pixel signals corresponding to a plurality of row lines; a row driver configured to output a plurality of control signals for controlling operations of the plurality of pixels; a plurality of analog-to-digital converters configured to perform analog-to-digital conversion on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels via a plurality of column lines so as to generate digital pixel signals, and to output the digital pixel signals; and a timing generator configured to generate a line control signal, the pixel array being configured to output the pixel signals corresponding to the plurality of row lines responsive to the line control signal. The pixel signals are output in a predetermined pixel unit in parallel from at least one row line among the plurality of row lines responsive to the row driver receiving the line control signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160344953A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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