Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge pump for pixel floating diffusion gain control
- Patent Title (中): 电荷泵用于像素浮动扩散增益控制
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Application No.: US13926292Application Date: 2013-06-25
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Publication No.: US08902343B1Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Emanuele Mandelli
- Applicant: AltaSens, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Westlake Village
- Assignee: AltaSens, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AltaSens, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Westlake Village
- Agency: Medley, Behrens & Lewis, LLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling floating diffusion gain using a charge pump. Feedback can be utilized to control impedance of a floating diffusion region of a pixel of an image sensor, which further includes a read bus and an amplifier. The pixel includes a capacitor and a floating diffusion region, which has an intrinsic floating diffusion capacitance. The capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal is coupled to the floating diffusion region. The amplifier includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal of the amplifier is coupled to the read bus and the output terminal of the amplifier is coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor. Gain of the amplifier is adjustable to control an equivalent capacitance of the floating diffusion region. Alteration of the equivalent capacitance can modify conversion gain and dynamic range of the pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140375854A1 CHARGE PUMP FOR PIXEL FLOATING DIFFUSION GAIN CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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