Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pulse generator and image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US17523100Application Date: 2021-11-10
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Publication No.: US11601611B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Hyuk Oh , Sungyong Kim , Beomsu Yun
- 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: Lee IP Law, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2021-0008264 20210120
- Main IPC: H04N5/376
- IPC: H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/357 ; H03K19/20 ; H03K19/21 ; H03K3/03 ; H03M1/56 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a counting code generator configured to generate a counting code, a pixel array including at least one pixel, a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to compare a magnitude of a pixel signal output from the at least one pixel with a magnitude of a ramp signal and to output a corresponding comparison signal, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal synchronized with a first clock signal based on the comparison signal, and a counter circuit configured to latch a value of the counting code to correspond to a transition of a level of the comparison signal based on the pulse signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220232186A1 PULSE GENERATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-07-21
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