Abstract:
A pixel cell, a method for manufacturing the same and an image sensor comprising the same are provided. The pixel cell comprises: a substrate (101); a photodiode (103), a pass transistor (107) and a floating diffusion structure (104) respectively formed on the substrate (101), in which the pass transistor (107) is formed between the photodiode (103) and the floating diffusion structure (104); and a PINNED structure (105), formed on the substrate (101) and connected with the floating diffusion structure (104), in which a reset voltage of the floating diffusion structure (104) is higher than a depletion voltage of the PINNED structure (105).
Abstract:
An image forming system and an image sensor are provided. The image forming system (100), including: a substrate (10); a pixel array (20), formed on the substrate (10), including a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit includes: an image pixel subunit (25), a collecting pixel subunit (24), and an electroluminescent sheet (26), configured to cover the image pixel subunit (25); and a controller (30), connected with the pixel array (20) and configured to control the collecting pixel subunit (24) to detect incident light, such that the collecting pixel subunit (24) generates a voltage signal according to an intensity of the incident light and outputs the voltage signal to the electroluminescent sheet (26) so as to enable the electroluminescent sheet (26) to generate an attenuated optical signal from the incident light; and to control the image pixel subunit (25) to detect the attenuated optical signal, such that image pixel subunit (25) generates an image signal according to the attenuated optical signal.
Abstract:
A method for removing a sunspot of an image sensor, an apparatus for removing a sunspot of an image sensor and an image sensor are provided. The method includes: obtaining reset sampling signal values of pixel units in a pixel array of the image sensor; for each of the reset sampling signal values, determining whether the reset sampling signal value is less than a predetermined sampling signal threshold, and generating a comparing signal when the reset sampling signal value is less than the predetermined sampling signal threshold; generating location information of the pixel unit corresponding to the reset sampling signal value according to the comparing signal; and replacing the reset sampling signal value corresponding to the location information with a maximum brightness value.