Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Row driven imager pixel
- Patent Title (中): 行驱动成像器像素
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Application No.: US11882690Application Date: 2007-08-03
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Publication No.: US07737388B2Publication Date: 2010-06-15
- Inventor: Peter P. Altice, Jr. , Jeffrey Bruce , Jeff A. Mckee , Joey Shah , Richard A. Mauritzson
- Applicant: Peter P. Altice, Jr. , Jeffrey Bruce , Jeff A. Mckee , Joey Shah , Richard A. Mauritzson
- Applicant Address: US NY Mount Kisco
- Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
- Current Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Mount Kisco
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to each row of a pixel array by a row driver. Each pixel includes a source follower transistor that provides an output signal on a column output line for readout. An anti-blooming transistor may be linked to each pixel's photosensor to provide an overflow path for electrons during charge integration, prior to transfer of charge to the pixel's storage node by a transfer transistor. Electrons not produced by an image are introduced to the photosensor prior to image acquisition, filling traps in the photosensor to reduce image degradation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070272830A1 Row driven imager pixel Public/Granted day:2007-11-29
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