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US07375752B2 Solid state imaging device with dedicated single pixel readout channels and associated methods
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具有专用单像素读出通道和相关方法的固态成像装置
- Patent Title: Solid state imaging device with dedicated single pixel readout channels and associated methods
- Patent Title (中): 具有专用单像素读出通道和相关方法的固态成像装置
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Application No.: US09993387Application Date: 2001-11-16
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Publication No.: US07375752B2Publication Date: 2008-05-20
- Inventor: Jeffrey Raynor , Peter Denyer , Jonathan Ephriam David Hurwitz
- Applicant: Jeffrey Raynor , Peter Denyer , Jonathan Ephriam David Hurwitz
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Agent Lisa K. Jorgenson
- Priority: GB0027931.5 20001116
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14

Abstract:
An image plane includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprises a photodiode and two transistors, and each pixel is connected by a signal bus to a respective storage node located off the image plane. Each storage node comprises two capacitors and associated switches. One of the transistors applies a reset pulse to the pixel, and the other transistor connects the pixel to a given conductor of the signal bus, which is then connected to the storage node. The pixel transistors can be operated simultaneously, and the sensed values can subsequently be transferred from the storage nodes sequentially.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020114025A1 Solid state imaging device Public/Granted day:2002-08-22
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