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- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor, image sensor unit and signal transmission methods therefor
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Application No.: US17602819Application Date: 2019-12-30
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Publication No.: US11863899B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Yuhang Zhao , Jianxin Wen , Changming Pi , Xi Zeng , Ling Shen
- Applicant: SHANGHAI IC R & D CENTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: Shanghai IC R&D Center Co., Ltd.,Shanghai Integrated Circuit Equipment & Materials Industry Innovation Center Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Shanghai IC R&D Center Co., Ltd.,Shanghai Integrated Circuit Equipment & Materials Industry Innovation Center Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai; CN Shanghai
- Agent Andrew C. Cheng
- Priority: CN 1910289679 2019.04.11 CN 1910333253 2019.04.24
- International Application: PCT/CN2019/129809 2019.12.30
- International Announcement: WO2020/207062A 2020.10.15
- Date entered country: 2021-10-11
- Main IPC: H04N25/78
- IPC: H04N25/78 ; H04N25/771 ; H04N25/79

Abstract:
The disclosure discloses a CMOS image sensor, which includes a plurality of image sensor units and a resistance-to-digital converting unit. Each image sensor unit includes a pixel unit and a resistive random access memory unit connected to the pixel unit, the pixel unit is configured to convert a received optical signal into an analog signal and the resistive random access memory unit is configured to convert the analog electrical signal into a resistance value. The resistance-to-digital converting unit is connected to the plurality of the image sensor units, and is configured to convert the resistance value into a digital signal. The resistive random access memory unit is adopted in the present disclosure to replace a transistor device and is configured to convert resistance information of the resistive random access memory unit into a digital signal and output. Thus, digital quantization of image information is completed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220159209A1 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHODS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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