Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus providing shared pixel straight gate architecture
- Patent Title (中): 提供共享像素直门架构的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11892004Application Date: 2007-08-17
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Publication No.: US07924333B2Publication Date: 2011-04-12
- Inventor: Zhiping Yin , Xiaofeng Fan
- Applicant: Zhiping Yin , Xiaofeng Fan
- Applicant Address: KY George Town
- Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KY George Town
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L27/00
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses using four-way-shared readout circuits to increase pixel fill factor. Embodiments consolidate circuits from several pixels, reducing the number of components in each pixel and this increasing the fill factor of each pixel. Additionally, embodiments use “straight gate” transfer gates to increase the readout speed and symmetry of the smaller pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090046189A1 Method and apparatus providing shared pixel straight gate architecture Public/Granted day:2009-02-19
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