Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and driving method thereof
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Application No.: US16674202Application Date: 2019-11-05
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Publication No.: US11025844B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Minwoong Seo , Seungsik Kim , Jungchak Ahn , Jaekyu Lee , Dongmo Im , Dongseok Cho
- 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: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0015675 20190211
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355

Abstract:
A method of driving an image sensor includes integrating an overflowed charge from a photodiode in the floating diffusion area and a dynamic range capacitor. The dynamic range capacitor is formed between the floating diffusion area and a power supply voltage. The method further includes sampling a first voltage formed in the floating diffusion area by the integrated overflowed charge, resetting the photodiode, the floating diffusion area, and the dynamic range capacitor, sampling a reset level of the reset floating diffusion area, transferring a charge accumulated in the photodiode to the floating diffusion area, and sampling a second voltage formed in the floating diffusion area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200260025A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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