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- Patent Title: Image sensor including noise compensator and image sensing system including the same
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Application No.: US17393803Application Date: 2021-08-04
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Publication No.: US11706536B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Yun Hong Kim , Kyung-Min Kim , Hee Sung Chae
- 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: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR 20200161970 2020.11.27
- Main IPC: H04N25/60
- IPC: H04N25/60

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel configured to generate a pixel signal, using an analog signal processing voltage, a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal, using the analog signal processing voltage, a bias voltage generator configured to generate a bias voltage, using the analog signal processing voltage, and a noise compensator configured to generate a noise component, using a digital signal processing voltage and the analog signal processing voltage, and add the generated noise component to the generated bias voltage. The image sensor further includes a conversion circuit configured to generate a reference voltage, based on the generated ramp signal and the bias voltage to which the noise component is added, and generate an image signal by performing analog-to-digital conversion on the generated pixel signal, based on the generated reference voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220174230A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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