Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixel for infrared imager integrating a BDI bias and an active reset
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Application No.: US18051244Application Date: 2022-10-31
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Publication No.: US12225308B2Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Jean-Alain Nicolas
- Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Current Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR2111758 20211105
- Main IPC: H04N25/75
- IPC: H04N25/75

Abstract:
Imager readout circuit comprising: an active reset stage of the integration capacitor equipped with a first current amplifier, a buffered direct injection bias stage of the photodetector equipped with transistors forming a second current amplifier, a switching circuit comprising a coupling stage integrated in the readout circuit, the switching circuit being controlled by control signals and being configured to: during a reset phase of the integration capacitor corresponding to a first state of said control signals: couple said first current source to the integration capacitor and activate the first current amplifier while uncoupling said second current source of the photodetector and deactivating the second amplifier, during an integration phase of a current from the photodiode and corresponding to a second state of said control signals, couple said second current source to the photodetector and activate the second current amplifier while uncoupling said first current source of the integration capacitor and deactivating the first amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230145351A1 PIXEL FOR INFRARED IMAGER INTEGRATING A BDI BIAS AND AN ACTIVE RESET Public/Granted day:2023-05-11
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