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- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter for separately applying a bias voltage depending on an operation mode, and an image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US17579722Application Date: 2022-01-20
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Publication No.: US11696055B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Jaehoon Jun
- 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: KR 20210053755 2021.04.26
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N25/772 ; H04N25/677 ; H04N25/709 ; H04N25/71

Abstract:
An image sensor supporting a full resolution mode and a crop mode, the image sensor including: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels configured to generate a pixel signal by sensing an object; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the pixel signal into a digital signal and including a plurality of metal lines; a bias generator configured to apply a bias voltage to the plurality of metal lines; and a bias controller including: a first transistor configured to activate all of the plurality of metal lines based on a first control signal; and a second transistor configured to activate a first metal line for the crop mode among the plurality of metal lines based on a second control signal.
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