Invention Grant
US09560294B2 Systems and methods for pixel-level dark current compensation in image sensors
有权
图像传感器中像素级暗电流补偿的系统和方法
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for pixel-level dark current compensation in image sensors
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器中像素级暗电流补偿的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14566393Application Date: 2014-12-10
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Publication No.: US09560294B2Publication Date: 2017-01-31
- Inventor: Jeffery Beck , Charles McCord
- 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 Zachary D. Hadd
- Main IPC: H04N9/64
- IPC: H04N9/64 ; H04N5/228 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/361 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An imaging system may include processing circuitry, a lens, and an array of pixels including image sensor pixels and temperature sensor pixels. The image sensor pixels may generate image pixel values in response to image light received through the lens. The temperature sensor pixels may generate thermal estimate signals based on the temperature of the pixel array. The image sensor pixels and temperature sensor pixels may generate dark current. As the temperature of the pixel array increases, the image sensor pixels and temperatures sensor pixels may generate increased dark current. Temperature sensor pixels may generate more dark current than image sensor pixels. Dark current generated by the temperature sensor pixels may be used to generate dark current compensation values that may compensate for the dark current generated by the image sensor pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160173794A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIXEL-LEVEL DARK CURRENT COMPENSATION IN IMAGE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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