Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gray counter and image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US17704244Application Date: 2022-03-25
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Publication No.: US11641534B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Younghun Han , Jaeha Eom , Seunghoon Jung
- 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: KR10-2019-0154707 20191127
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M7/16 ; H03K23/00 ; H03K23/54

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel sensor that senses an incident light and outputs a sampling signal of an analog shape, a sampler that compares the sampling signal and a ramp signal and outputs a comparison signal being time-axis length information, and a gray counter that counts a length of the comparison signal in synchronization with a clock signal and outputs a digital value. The gray counter includes a first flip-flop that divides the clock signal by 2 and generates a first gray code signal, a second flip-flop that delays a first data signal being a four-divided signal of the clock signal and outputs a second gray code signal, and a third flip-flop that delays the second gray code signal being two-divided and outputs a third gray code signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220217296A1 GRAY COUNTER AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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