Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors including ripple voltage compensation
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Application No.: US16560486Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11272079B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Kyu Ik Cho , Ji Yong Kim , Jae Jung Park
- 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: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0071116 20160608
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N3/14 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/341

Abstract:
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor may include an active pixel electrically connected to a column line and configured to provide an output voltage to a pixel node and a bias circuit electrically connected between the pixel node and an earth terminal, and in which a first current flows through a first line electrically connected to the pixel node, wherein the bias circuit includes a first variable capacitor electrically connected to a power supply voltage, and a second variable capacitor electrically connected to the earth terminal, and the magnitude of the first current may be configured to vary based on a ratio of a capacitance of the first variable capacitor to a capacitance of the second variable capacitor. The output voltage may be configured to be adjusted based on the magnitude of the first current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190394359A1 IMAGE SENSORS INCLUDING RIPPLE VOLTAGE COMPENSATION Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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