Invention Grant
US08835826B2 Pixel Circuit, depth sensor having dual operating mode for high and low incident light and operating method
有权
像素电路,深度传感器具有双重工作模式,用于高低入射光和操作方法
- Patent Title: Pixel Circuit, depth sensor having dual operating mode for high and low incident light and operating method
- Patent Title (中): 像素电路,深度传感器具有双重工作模式,用于高低入射光和操作方法
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Application No.: US13611607Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US08835826B2Publication Date: 2014-09-16
- Inventor: Yong-Jei Lee , Yoon-Dong Park , Young-Gu Jin
- Applicant: Yong-Jei Lee , Yoon-Dong Park , Young-Gu Jin
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Volentine & Whitt, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2011-0119903 20111117
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00 ; G01J1/02 ; G01S17/89 ; G01J1/18 ; G01J1/44 ; G01S7/491 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
A pixel circuit for a depth sensor operating in a detection period and an output period in either a first operating mode (high incident light intensity) or a second operating mode (low incident light intensity). The pixel circuit includes a light receiving unit generating charge in response to the incident light, a signal generation unit accumulating charge in a FDN in response to a transmission signal, reset signal and selection signal during the detection period, and generating an analog signal having a level corresponding to a voltage apparent at the FDN during the output period, and a refresh transistor coupled between a supply voltage and the light receiving unit and discharging charge to the supply voltage in response to a refresh signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130126716A1 PIXEL CIRCUIT, DEPTH SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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