EP3632097A4 - Shared photodiode reset in a 5 transistor - four shared pixel - Google Patents

Shared photodiode reset in a 5 transistor - four shared pixel Download PDF

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EP3632097A4
EP3632097A4 EP18809391.8A EP18809391A EP3632097A4 EP 3632097 A4 EP3632097 A4 EP 3632097A4 EP 18809391 A EP18809391 A EP 18809391A EP 3632097 A4 EP3632097 A4 EP 3632097A4
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Jeroen Rotte
Petrus Gijsbertus Centen
Amaud DEFERNEZ
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    • H01L27/14641—Electronic components shared by two or more pixel-elements, e.g. one amplifier shared by two pixel elements
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    • H04N25/46—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by combining or binning pixels
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    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
    • H04N25/532—Control of the integration time by controlling global shutters in CMOS SSIS
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    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
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    • H04N25/778—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components comprising amplifiers shared between a plurality of pixels, i.e. at least one part of the amplifier must be on the sensor array itself
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US201762512399P 2017-05-30 2017-05-30
US15/697,349 US10270987B2 (en) 2016-09-08 2017-09-06 System and methods for dynamic pixel management of a cross pixel interconnected CMOS image sensor
US15/991,116 US10531034B2 (en) 2016-09-08 2018-05-29 Shared photodiode reset in a 5 transistor-four shared pixel
PCT/CA2018/050636 WO2018218354A1 (en) 2017-05-30 2018-05-30 Shared photodiode reset in a 5 transistor - four shared pixel

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