Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor and driving method thereof
- Patent Title (中): CMOS图像传感器及其驱动方法
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Application No.: US12292691Application Date: 2008-11-24
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Publication No.: US08692918B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Hyun-chul Song , Sang-sik Park , Won-hee Choe , Jae-hyun Kwon
- Applicant: Hyun-chul Song , Sang-sik Park , Won-hee Choe , Jae-hyun Kwon
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2008-0027381 20080325
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
A CMOS image sensor is provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode receiving light and generating photocharges, a transfer transistor connected to the photodiode and transferring the photocharges, a floating diffusion accumulating the photocharges transferred from the transfer transistor, a reset transistor discharging the photocharges accumulated in the floating diffusion, and a merge gate transistor controlling capacitance of the floating diffusion. The CMOS image sensor may obtain a wide dynamic range signal without an increase in size of a pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090244345A1 CMOS image sensor and driving method thereof Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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