Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixel sensor having multiple photodiodes
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Application No.: US17591300Application Date: 2022-02-02
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Publication No.: US11863886B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Andrew Samuel Berkovich , Xinqiao Liu , Song Chen , Nicholas Daniel Trail , Michael Patrick Schaub
- Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N25/58
- IPC: H04N25/58 ; H03M1/18 ; H04N25/59

Abstract:
In one example, an apparatus comprises: multiple distinct sets of photodiodes, wherein each set of photodiodes includes one or more photodiodes, one or more charge sensing units, and a controller. The controller is configured to: transfer charge generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to a different component of incident light to the one or more charge sensing units in order to convert the charge to voltages; perform one or more quantization processes of a plurality of quantization processes corresponding to a plurality of intensity ranges, wherein the one or more quantization processes quantizes the voltages from the one or more charge sensing units to digital values representing components of a pixel of different wavelength ranges; and generate a pixel value based on the at least some of the digital values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220159204A1 PIXEL SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE PHOTODIODES Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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