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US07697051B2 Image sensor with pixels having multiple capacitive storage elements
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具有多个电容存储元件的像素的图像传感器
- Patent Title: Image sensor with pixels having multiple capacitive storage elements
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个电容存储元件的像素的图像传感器
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Application No.: US11401459Application Date: 2006-04-11
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Publication No.: US07697051B2Publication Date: 2010-04-13
- Inventor: Alexander I. Krymski
- Applicant: Alexander I. Krymski
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
An apparatus has a pixel that includes (i) a buffer transistor having an input, (ii) first and second capacitive storage elements each of which selectively can be coupled to the input of the buffer transistor, and (iii) a photosensitive element having an output which selectively can be coupled to the input of the buffer transistor. A readout circuit selectively can be coupled to an output of the buffer transistor. A first signal level, sensed by the photosensitive element, can be stored by the first capacitive storage element, and a second signal level, sensed by the photosensitive element, can be stored by the second capacitive storage element. The first and second signal levels can be read out from the pixel.
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- US20060244854A1 Image sensor with pixels having multiple capacitive storage elements Public/Granted day:2006-11-02
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