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US07679542B2 Image sensor using auto-calibrated ramp signal for improved image quality and driving method thereof
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图像传感器使用自动校准斜坡信号,以提高图像质量及其驱动方法
- Patent Title: Image sensor using auto-calibrated ramp signal for improved image quality and driving method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器使用自动校准斜坡信号,以提高图像质量及其驱动方法
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Application No.: US11508653Application Date: 2006-08-23
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Publication No.: US07679542B2Publication Date: 2010-03-16
- Inventor: Seog-Heon Ham , Gunhee Han , Dong-Myung Lee
- Applicant: Seog-Heon Ham , Gunhee Han , Dong-Myung Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2005-0077532 20050823
- Main IPC: H03M1/56
- IPC: H03M1/56

Abstract:
An image sensor comprises an active pixel sensor (APS) array, a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a ramp signal generator. The APS array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the APS array generates a reset signal and an image signal for each selected column of the APS array. The first ADC includes a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit array comprising CDS circuits that are arranged for each column of the APS array, wherein the first ADC generates a digital code from a signal corresponding to the difference between the reset signal and the image signal which are generated by the CDS circuit using a ramp signal. The ramp signal generator generates the ramp signal, wherein a second ADC receives a feedback of the generated ramp signal and generates a feedback reference code, and wherein the ramp signal generator calibrates the ramp signal based on a comparison using the feedback reference code.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070046802A1 Image sensor using auto-calibrated ramp signal for improved image quality and driving method thereof Public/Granted day:2007-03-01
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