Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Split-readout image sensor
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Application No.: US18190023Application Date: 2023-03-24
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Publication No.: US11991467B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Jiaju Ma , Saleh Masoodian
- Applicant: Gigajot Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Glendale
- Assignee: Gigajot Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gigajot Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Glendale
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N25/57 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
First and second readout circuits, each having a respective floating diffusion node, are coupled to a photodetection element within a pixel of an integrated-circuit image sensor. Following an exposure interval in which photocharge is accumulated within the photodetection element, a first portion of the accumulated photocharge is transferred from the photodetection element to the first floating diffusion node to enable generation of a first output signal within the first readout circuit, and a second portion of the accumulated photocharge is transferred from the photodetection element to the second floating diffusion node to enable generation of a second output signal within the second readout circuit. A digital pixel value is generated based on the first and second output signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230239592A1 SPLIT-READOUT IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2023-07-27
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