Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors having pixel-binning with configurable shared floating diffusion
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Application No.: US15264431Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US10313609B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Zhengming Fu , Soo Youn Kim , Jan Christian Huber
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- Main IPC: H04N5/347
- IPC: H04N5/347 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for image sensors with pixel binning with configurable shared floating diffusion are presented. In one example, an image sensor system includes a plurality of sensor elements; a photo-sensitive layer coupled to the plurality of sensor elements; a plurality of floating diffusion regions in communication with the photo-sensitive layer, each floating diffusion region of the plurality of floating diffusion regions configured to be selectively enabled; and at least one bridge coupled to two floating diffusion regions of the plurality of floating diffusion regions, the bridge configured to be selectively enabled and, when enabled, to allow a transfer of charge between the two floating diffusion regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170302865A1 IMAGE SENSORS HAVING PIXEL-BINNING WITH CONFIGURABLE SHARED FLOATING DIFFUSION Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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