Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor
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Application No.: US17986505Application Date: 2022-11-14
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Publication No.: US12075178B2Publication Date: 2024-08-27
- Inventor: Francois Roy , Thomas Dalleau
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Crolles
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Crolles
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy LLC
- Priority: FR 12477 2021.11.25
- Main IPC: H04N25/77
- IPC: H04N25/77 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array where each pixel is formed in a portion of a substrate electrically insulated from other portions of the substrate. Each pixel includes a photodetector; a transfer transistor; and a readout circuit comprising one or a plurality of transistors. The transistors of the readout circuit are formed inside and on top of at least one well of the portion. The reading from the photodetector of a pixel of a current row uses at least one transistor of the readout circuit of a pixel of at least one previous row, the well of the pixel of the previous row being biased with a first voltage greater than a second bias voltage of the well of the pixel of the current row.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230164459A1 IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2023-05-25
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