Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor configured to dynamically adjust conversion gain of a pixel in accordance with exposure time
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Application No.: US17370191Application Date: 2021-07-08
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Publication No.: US11575846B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Eun Sub Shim
- 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: KR10-2019-0043573 20190415
- Main IPC: H04N5/353
- IPC: H04N5/353 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image sensor including: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines, each of the plurality of pixels including a photodiode for generating an electric charge in response to light, and a pixel circuit having a floating diffusion for storing the electric charge; and a controller configured to adjust a capacitance of the floating diffusion to a first value and obtain a first pixel signal from the pixel circuit during a first time period, adjust the capacitance of the floating diffusion to a second value greater than the first value and obtain a second pixel signal from the pixel circuit during a second time period subsequent to the first time period, and generate a result image using the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210344856A1 IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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