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US09467633B2 High dynamic range imaging systems having differential photodiode exposures
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具有差分光电二极管曝光的高动态范围成像系统
- Patent Title: High dynamic range imaging systems having differential photodiode exposures
- Patent Title (中): 具有差分光电二极管曝光的高动态范围成像系统
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Application No.: US14633837Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US09467633B2Publication Date: 2016-10-11
- Inventor: Richard Scott Johnson , Robert M. Gravelle, Jr. , Brian W. Keelan , Christopher D. Silsby
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
Image sensors may include an array of photodiodes arranged in groups of adjacent photodiodes that generate charge in response to same-colored light. The image sensor may generate high-dynamic-range (HDR) images. To establish an effective exposure ratio between sets of photodiodes on the array for generating HDR images, microlenses may be formed over some photodiodes in a checkerboard pattern and may have portions that extend over other photodiodes in the array. Control circuitry may control photodiodes in each group to perform pulsed integration in which charge transfer control signals are intermittently pulsed for those photodiodes. A substantially opaque element may be formed over photodiodes in each of the groups such that the corresponding photodiodes generate signals in response to crosstalk. In this way, different effective exposures may be established across the array, allowing for HDR images to be generated without motion artifacts and with super-pixel resolution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160255289A1 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING SYSTEMS HAVING DIFFERENTIAL PHOTODIODE EXPOSURES Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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