Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging array with non-linear light response
- Patent Title (中): 具有非线性光响应的成像阵列
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Application No.: US12330294Application Date: 2008-12-08
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Publication No.: US08130294B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Boyd Fowler , Xinqiao Liu
- Applicant: Boyd Fowler , Xinqiao Liu
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: BAE Systems Imaging Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems Imaging Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agent Calvin B. Ward
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imaging array and method for capturing an image utilizing the same are disclosed. The imaging array includes an array of pixel sensors in which each pixel includes a dual-ported photodiode or photogate and a charge conversion circuit. The charge conversion circuit generates a voltage signal that is a function of a charge on the dual-ported photodiode. The controller applies a potential that varies over the exposure to the second gates in the dual-ported photodiodes, each second port passing charge stored in the photodiode connected to the second port when a potential in the photodiode exceeds the applied potential. The potential is chosen such that charge flows through the second gates of pixel sensors that are exposed to light intensities greater than a first threshold intensity during the exposure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100141819A1 Imaging Array with Non-Linear Light Response Public/Granted day:2010-06-10
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