Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reading circuit for a pixel array
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Application No.: US17660084Application Date: 2022-04-21
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Publication No.: US12081888B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Alexandre Mas , Abdessamed Mekki , Cedric Tubert
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: FR 05114 2021.05.17
- Main IPC: H04N25/75
- IPC: H04N25/75 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/46 ; H04N25/625 ; H04N25/677

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a read-out circuit comprising N inputs configured to be connected to N respective outputs of a pixel array of an image sensor, with N being an integer strictly greater than 1; and N analog-to-digital converters organized in K groups, with K being an integer strictly greater than 1 and strictly less than N, and each having a first input coupled to a respective one of the N inputs and a second input. In each group, the second inputs of the analog-to-digital converters of the group are connected together, electrically decoupled from the second inputs of the analog-to-digital converters of the other groups, and configured to receive a first reference signal that is identical for all the analog-to-digital converters of the group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220368847A1 READING CIRCUIT FOR A PIXEL ARRAY Public/Granted day:2022-11-17
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