Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog dark average circuit and method for an image sensor
- Patent Title (中): 模拟暗平均电路和图像传感器的方法
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Application No.: US12425341Application Date: 2009-04-16
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Publication No.: US08106975B2Publication Date: 2012-01-31
- Inventor: Ping-Hung Yin
- Applicant: Ping-Hung Yin
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: Himax Imaging, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Himax Imaging, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N9/64
- IPC: H04N9/64

Abstract:
An analog dark-signal averaging circuit and method for an image sensor are disclosed. Each sub-circuit of the dark-signal averaging circuit correspondingly inputs a signal from a pixel circuit of the image sensor, and each sub-circuit includes a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit. The capacitors of the sub-circuits are controllably coupled by average switches, thereby averaging the reset signals and the image signals among the black pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100265368A1 Analog Dark Average Circuit and Method for an Image Sensor Public/Granted day:2010-10-21
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