Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expanded image sensor pixel array
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Application No.: US17660860Application Date: 2022-04-27
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Publication No.: US12225304B2Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Nicholas Paul Cowley , Andrew David Talbot
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Tianyi He
- Main IPC: H04N25/63
- IPC: H04N25/63 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An image sensor may be implemented by mounting a first die to a second die. The first die may include an image sensor pixel array having active pixels and non-active pixels, while the second die may include pixel control and readout circuitry that are coupled to the image sensor pixel array via inter-die connections. The image sensor pixel array may have pixel columns in excess of corresponding column readout paths in the pixel readout circuitry and/or pixel rows in excess of corresponding sets of row control paths in the pixel control circuitry. A select set of inter-die connections may be implemented to provide connections between a desired set of pixel columns and the limited number of column readout paths and to provide connections between a desired set of pixel rows and the limited number of sets of row control paths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230353896A1 EXPANDED IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL ARRAY Public/Granted day:2023-11-02
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