Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and driving method therefor
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器及其驱动方法
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Application No.: US12402117Application Date: 2009-03-11
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Publication No.: US08089544B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Hideyuki Funaki
- Applicant: Hideyuki Funaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-80584 20080326
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
This disclosure concerns an image sensor including: an imaging area; row selection lines; and column signal lines, wherein a pixel includes: a photodiode; a capacitor connected to the photodiode at a first node; a reset transistor connected between the first node and a first power supply; a comparator comparing the potential of the first node with a reference voltage, and outputting a result to a gate of the reset transistor; a counter connected to the comparator, counting an inversion count of an output signal from the comparator, and outputting a digital value according to the inversion count, the output signal being generated from the comparator when the potential of the first node reaches the potential of the first power supply; and a selection transistor connected between the counter and one of the plurality of column signal lines, and having a gate connected to one of the row selection lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090244346A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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