Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and electromagnetic radiation imaging device
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器和电磁辐射成像装置
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Application No.: US12199057Application Date: 2008-08-27
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Publication No.: US07847231B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Yutaka Hirose
- Applicant: Yutaka Hirose
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2007-221771 20070828
- Main IPC: G01J1/20
- IPC: G01J1/20 ; H01L27/00

Abstract:
To provide a small-size image sensor and electromagnetic radiation imaging device which can obtain a good image without relying on the condition of an object, the image sensor including a plurality of pixel units arranged two-dimensionally, wherein each of the plurality of pixel units includes: a first photodiode and a second photodiode; a readout circuit which reads a signal generated by the first photodiode and a signal generated by the second photodiode, and outputs the read signals, the readout circuit being connected to the first photodiode and the second photodiode; and a difference circuit which outputs a difference signal corresponding to a difference between the signal read from the first photodiode and the signal read from the second photodiode, the difference circuit being connected to the readout circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090057536A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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