Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conversion circuitry for reducing pixel array readout time
- Patent Title (中): 用于减少像素阵列读出时间的转换电路
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Application No.: US13728716Application Date: 2012-12-27
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Publication No.: US08969774B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Robert Johansson
- Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00 ; H03M1/12 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array having pixels arranged in rows and columns, a first successive-approximation-register (“SAR”) analog-to-digital-converter (“ADC”), a second SAR ADC, and first and second control circuitry. The first SAR ADC includes a first capacitor array (“FCA”) that shares a first common terminal coupled to a first comparator and coupled to receive first analog pixel signals. The second SAR ADC includes a second capacitor array (“SCA”) that shares a second common terminal selectably coupled to a second comparator and coupled to receive second analog pixel signals. The first and second control modules are coupled to selectably switch bottom plates of the FCA from a low reference voltage to the high reference voltage at a same time as selectably switching bottom plates of the SCA from a high reference voltage to the low reference voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140183333A1 CONVERSION CIRCUITRY FOR REDUCING PIXEL ARRAY READOUT TIME Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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