Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor
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Application No.: US16536894Application Date: 2019-08-09
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Publication No.: US11019288B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Soon Ik Cho , Takao Ishii
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0014966 20190208
- Main IPC: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/363

Abstract:
An image sensor including: a pixel array having a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines; a plurality of ramp buffers configured to output a ramp voltage generated by a ramp voltage generator; a sampling circuit including a plurality of samplers, each of the plurality of samplers having a first input terminal for receiving the ramp voltage and a second input terminal connected to one of the plurality of column lines; and a switching circuit configured to connect the first input terminals of the samplers to each other or disconnect the first input terminals of the samplers from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200260027A1 IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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