Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital pixel with extended dynamic range
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Application No.: US15719345Application Date: 2017-09-28
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Publication No.: US10917589B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Xinqiao Liu
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/353
- IPC: H04N5/353 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/355 ; G01J1/42 ; G01J1/44 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Examples of a pixel cell are disclosed. In one example, a pixel cell may include a first semiconductor layer including a photodiode and one or more transistor devices configured to convert charges generated by the photodiode into an analog signal. The pixel cell may also include a second semiconductor layer including one or more transistor devices configured to convert the analog signal to one or more digital signals. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer may form a stack structure. In another example, a pixel cell may include a photodiode and a capacitor. The pixel cell may be operated, in a first mode of measurement, to measure the charges stored at the capacitor when the capacitor is electrically coupled with the photodiode, and in a second mode of measurement, to measure the charges stored at the capacitor when the capacitor is electrically isolated from the photodiode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180376082A1 DIGITAL PIXEL WITH EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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