Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with high conversion gain (HCG) mode and low conversion gain (LCG) mode
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Application No.: US17459045Application Date: 2021-08-27
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Publication No.: US11716549B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Yunhwan Jung , Hyeokjong Lee , Sunyool Kang , Kyungmin Kim , Yunhong Kim , Ingyeong Shin
- 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: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR 20200115525 2020.09.09
- Main IPC: H04N25/585
- IPC: H04N25/585 ; H04N25/75 ; H04N25/77 ; H04N25/616 ; H04N25/709 ; H04N25/78

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel configured to operate in a high conversion gain (HCG) mode and a low conversion gain (LCG) mode during a readout period, and a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to generate a comparison signal based on a ramp signal and a pixel voltage received from the pixel, wherein the CDS circuit includes a comparator configured to: receive the pixel voltage through a first input node, receive the ramp signal through a second input node based on an LCG reset signal or an LCG image signal being received as the pixel voltage, and receive the ramp signal through a third input node based on an HCG reset signal or an HCG image signal being received as the pixel voltage; and compare the ramp signal to the pixel voltage, and output the comparison signal corresponding to a comparison result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220078362A1 IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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