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US08097904B2 Method and apparatus for backside illuminated image sensors using capacitively coupled readout integrated circuits
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使用电容耦合读出集成电路的背面照明图像传感器的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for backside illuminated image sensors using capacitively coupled readout integrated circuits
- Patent Title (中): 使用电容耦合读出集成电路的背面照明图像传感器的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12877037Application Date: 2010-09-07
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Publication No.: US08097904B2Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Selim Eminoglu , Stefan C. Lauxtermann
- Applicant: Selim Eminoglu , Stefan C. Lauxtermann
- Applicant Address: US CA Thousand Oaks
- Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
- Current Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Thousand Oaks
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Main IPC: H01L27/148
- IPC: H01L27/148 ; H01L21/00

Abstract:
The images sensor includes a readout circuit capacitatively coupled to a memory circuit. The readout circuit includes: (i) a photon detector to receive a plurality of photons and to provide a charge signal corresponding to the received photons, (ii) a resettable integrator that is reset multiple times over a single exposure time and provides an analog representation of the incident photons during the last integration cycle, and (iii) a comparator that monitors the integrator output and generates a reset pulse when the integrator reaches a built-in threshold value. The memory circuit includes: (i) a receiver circuit that detects the output of the digital driver in the front-end readout circuit via capacitive coupling and generates a digital voltage pulse for each received signal, and (ii) a digital counting memory to count the received pulses to provide a coarse digital representation of how many times the integrator is reset.
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