Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor having a uniform digital power signature
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器具有均匀的数字功率特征
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Application No.: US14276728Application Date: 2014-05-13
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Publication No.: US09538106B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Andrew Kenneth John McMahon , Chiajen Lee , Michael R. Malone
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor and a method of operating an image sensor to achieve a substantially uniform power signature. An array of pixels may be scanned using analog sensing circuitry to obtain an analog sensor output. The scanning is performed over a first time interval. The analog sensor output is converted to a digital data output using digital logic circuitry. The converting occurs over a second time interval that is subsequent to the first time interval and may be substantially the same duration as the first time interval. While the array of pixels are being scanned, the digital logic circuitry is operated over the first time interval and substantially coincides with the scanning of the array of pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150312479A1 Image Sensor Having a Uniform Digital Power Signature Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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