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- Patent Title: Image sensor controlling a conversion gain imaging device having the same, and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US17860878Application Date: 2022-07-08
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Publication No.: US11743611B2Publication Date: 2023-08-29
- Inventor: Jungbin Yun , Hwanwoong Kim , Eunsub Shim , Kyungho Lee , Hongsuk Lee
- 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 20190144199 2019.11.12
- Main IPC: H04N25/59
- IPC: H04N25/59 ; H04N25/42 ; H04N25/76 ; H04N25/709 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
Provided is an image sensor including a first pixel including a first floating diffusion region and a second floating diffusion region, a second pixel including a first floating diffusion region, a second floating diffusion region, and a third floating diffusion region, a third pixel including a first floating diffusion region and a second floating diffusion region, and a fourth pixel including a first floating diffusion region, a second floating diffusion region, and a third floating diffusion region, wherein the second floating diffusion region of the first pixel and the second floating diffusion region of the second pixel are connected through a first metal line, and wherein the third floating diffusion region of the second pixel and the third floating diffusion region of the third pixel are connected through a second metal.
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