Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with multi-range readout
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Application No.: US14989580Application Date: 2016-01-06
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Publication No.: US10070084B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Michael Guidash , Jay Endsley , John Ladd , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith
- Applicant: Rambus Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rambus Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agent Charles Shemwell
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/365 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/376 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
A pixel within a pixel array of an integrated-circuit image sensor outputs an analog signal representative of accumulated photocharge. First and second analog-to-digital conversions of the analog signal are initiated while the pixel is outputting the analog signal, the first analog-to-digital conversion corresponding to a low-light range of photocharge accumulation within the pixel and the second analog-to-digital conversion corresponding to a brighter-light range of photocharge accumulation within the pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160198108A1 Image sensor with multi-range readout Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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