Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor for high speed signal processing
- Patent Title (中): CMOS图像传感器用于高速信号处理
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Application No.: US13242615Application Date: 2011-09-23
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Publication No.: US08482647B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Nam-Ryeol Kim , Song-Yl Kim , Chang-Min Bae , Hack-Soo Oh
- Applicant: Nam-Ryeol Kim , Song-Yl Kim , Chang-Min Bae , Hack-Soo Oh
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
- Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Priority: KR2004-28769 20040426
- Main IPC: H04N5/217
- IPC: H04N5/217 ; H04N9/64 ; H04N3/14

Abstract:
A CMOS image sensor includes: a plurality of CDS/PGAs (correlating double sampling/programmable gain amplifiers) for processing output signals of pixels corresponding to same colors on different paths; and an offset difference removing part for removing offset difference that occurs when the same color signals are processed on the different paths, wherein the offset difference removing part includes: a dummy pixel array where light is shielded; a unit for reading signals of the dummy pixel array through the CDS/PGAs and storing average offset values for each path; and a signal synthesizing unit for synthesizing the average offset values and signals of an effective pixel array, which are read through the respective CDS/PGAs, and outputting signals of which offset difference is removed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120013774A1 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR FOR HIGH SPEED SIGNAL PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2012-01-19
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