Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor with wide dynamic range
- Patent Title (中): CMOS图像传感器具有宽动态范围
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Application No.: US13470690Application Date: 2012-05-14
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Publication No.: US08975103B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Won-Ho Lee
- Applicant: Won-Ho Lee
- 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: KR10-2005-0134125 20051229
- Main IPC: H01L21/00
- IPC: H01L21/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor capable of improving dynamic range by using an additional driver transistor. The CMOS image sensor according to the present invention has a pixel array which has a plurality of unit pixels each of which includes a photodiode and a fist transistor to act as a source follower buffer amplifier to amplify photogenerated charges accumulated in the photodiode. Also, the CMOS image sensor includes a second transistor for a buffer amplifier to amplify and output a gate input voltage in the unit pixel, wherein an output signal of the first transistor is applied to a gate of the second.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120223215A1 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE Public/Granted day:2012-09-06
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