Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with charge pump cell quantity control
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Application No.: US17081927Application Date: 2020-10-27
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Publication No.: US11659297B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Chao Yang , Dazhi Wei , Mohamed Elsayed
- Applicant: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen OT
- Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N25/709
- IPC: H04N25/709 ; H02M3/07 ; H03M1/12 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a plurality of image sensor cells, each configured to generate or not generate an image signal in response to one or more control signals, and a first driver generating a first control signal. The first driver includes a first positive supply terminal connected to a first power supply node. The image sensor also includes a voltage generator generating a first voltage at the first power supply node, where the voltage generator includes a plurality of charge pump cells selectably sourcing charge to the first power supply node in response to one of multiple enable signals, and a charge pump cell quantity controller circuit generating the enable signals. Each enable signal is either in an active or inactive state, and each charge pump cell sources charge to the first power supply node in response to receiving an enable signal in an active state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220132060A1 IMAGE SENSOR WITH CHARGE PUMP CELL QUANTITY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2022-04-28
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