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- Patent Title: Global shutter CMOS pixel circuit and image capturing method thereof
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Application No.: US16465218Application Date: 2017-11-22
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Publication No.: US10939059B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Jiebin Duan , Zheng Ren , Yu Jiang , Jianxin Wen , Changming Pi
- Applicant: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD. , CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai; CN Chengdu
- Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.,CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.,CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai; CN Chengdu
- Agency: Tianchen LLC.
- Agent Yuan R. Li; Yi Fan Yin
- Priority: CN201611090316.X 20161130
- International Application: PCT/CN2017/112353 WO 20171122
- International Announcement: WO2018/099305 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a global shutter CMOS pixel circuit and its image capturing method. The global shutter CMOS pixel circuit comprising a power supply unit, a pixel signal generating unit, a signal sampling and holding unit and a signal outputting unit. An output of the pixel signal generating unit is connected to an input of the signal sampling and holding unit. An output of the signal sampling and holding unit is connected to an input of the signal outputting unit. The output signal of the pixel and the photo-generated current are set to a logarithmic relationship, which effectively increases the signal dynamic range. Therefore, image signal transmission with high speed and high dynamic range can be achieved simultaneously. Furthermore, the pixels in the present disclosure can eliminate the process variations, which increases the consistency of the pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200007801A1 GLOBAL SHUTTER CMOS PIXEL CIRCUIT AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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