Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor sampling pixel signal multiple times and an operating method of the image sensor
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Application No.: US17824607Application Date: 2022-05-25
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Publication No.: US11924569B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Yunhong Kim , Heesung Chae , Yunhwan Jung , Haesick Sul
- 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: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR 20210091686 2021.07.13
- Main IPC: H04N25/75
- IPC: H04N25/75 ; H04N25/701 ; H04N25/772

Abstract:
An image sensor for sampling a pixel signal a plurality of times during a readout time includes an analog comparator configured to compare a signal level of the pixel signal with a signal level of a target ramp signal that is any one of a plurality of ramp signals, a counter configured to output counting data based on a comparison result of the analog comparator, and a digital comparing circuit configured to compare a binary value of a target reference code corresponding to the target ramp signal with a binary value of the counting data and determine whether to output a digital signal corresponding to the counting data to a data output circuit based on a result of the comparison between the binary value of the counting data and the binary value of the target reference code.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230016998A1 IMAGE SENSOR SAMPLING PIXEL SIGNAL MULTIPLE TIMES AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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