Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor
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Application No.: US12073898Application Date: 2008-03-11
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Publication No.: US08345136B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Hyun-chul Song , Seong-deok Lee , Won-hee Choe , Jae-hyun Kwon , Kang-eui Lee
- Applicant: Hyun-chul Song , Seong-deok Lee , Won-hee Choe , Jae-hyun Kwon , Kang-eui Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon KR Suwon
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon KR Suwon
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0077016 20070731
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
A CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor is provided. A CMOS image sensor includes a first light-receiving unit converting light into charge, a first floating diffusion region, in which a first potential corresponding to the converted amount of charge is generated and a second floating diffusion region, to which the charge in the first floating diffusion region is transmitted, and in which a second potential is generated, wherein a wide dynamic range signal is acquired from the first floating diffusion region, a high-sensitively signal is acquired from the second floating diffusion region, and the acquired signals are synthesized and output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090032852A1 CMOS image sensor Public/Granted day:2009-02-05
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