Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated global shutter image sensor
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Application No.: US16547369Application Date: 2019-08-21
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Publication No.: US11102429B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Pierre Malinge , Frédéric Lalanne
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Crolles
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Crolles
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: FR1857618 20180823
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/3745 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an integrated image sensor includes an array of pixels in which each pixel includes a photosensitive area configured to integrate a luminous signal by generating electron-hole pairs so as to form a first signal representative of the number of electrons in the generated electron-hole pairs and a second signal representative of the number of holes in the generated electron-hole pairs. A first circuit portion is configured to store the first signal sheltered from light. A second circuit portion is configured to store the second signal sheltered from light. A third circuit portion is configured to read the first signal and the second signal and able to perform combination operations between the first signal and the second signal so as to generate a combined signal representative of an image, where the integrated image sensor is tailored to operate in a global shutter control mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200068148A1 Integrated Global Shutter Image Sensor Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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