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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for a CMOS image sensor with an in-pixel amplifier
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Application No.: US15398137Application Date: 2017-01-04
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Publication No.: US09888197B1Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Jaroslav Hynecek , Jeffery Steven Beck
- 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: The Noblitt Group, PLLC
- Agent Hettie L. Haines
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/353 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an image sensor. The image sensor may be configured as a stacked image sensor with two or more chips stacked vertically. The image sensor may comprise a plurality of pixel circuits, wherein portions of the pixel circuit are arranged on separate chips. Each pixel circuit may comprise an amplifier with a first feedback network to increase the sensor sensitivity, to reduce noise in the pixel signal, and to reduce the voltage swing on the FD node. Each pixel circuit may further comprise a second feedback network to stabilize the common-mode voltage of the pixel signal amplifier.
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