Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-resolving sensor for range measurement and 2D greyscale imaging
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Application No.: US16409767Application Date: 2019-05-10
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Publication No.: US11348954B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Yibing Michelle Wang , Lilong Shi , Kwang Oh Kim , Chunji Wang
- 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: Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/894 ; G01S7/4863 ; G01S7/4865

Abstract:
A pixel of an image sensor includes a pinned photodiode (PPD), a switching device and an output circuit. A first terminal of the switching device is coupled to the PPD. A second terminal of the switching device is coupled to a floating diffusion (FD). A third terminal of the switching device is coupled to a first enable signal and a second enable signal. The switching device is responsive to the first enable signal to transfer a first charge on the PPD to the FD, and responsive to the second enable signal to transfer a second charge on the PPD to the FD. The output circuit outputs a first voltage based on the first charge and outputs a second voltage based on the second charge in which the first voltage corresponds to a time of flight of one or more detected photons and the second voltage corresponds to a greyscale image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200303437A1 TIME-RESOLVING SENSOR FOR RANGE MEASUREMENT AND 2D GREYSCALE IMAGING Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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