Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photosensitive sensor and corresponding optical signal acquisition method
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Application No.: US17883764Application Date: 2022-08-09
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Publication No.: US12302011B2Publication Date: 2025-05-13
- Inventor: Frederic Lalanne , Pierre Malinge
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Crolles
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Crolles
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy LLC
- Priority: FR2108657 20210812
- Main IPC: H04N25/77
- IPC: H04N25/77 ; G01J1/44 ; H04N5/33 ; H04N25/42 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
A photosensitive sensor is capable of operating in a global shutter mode and in a rolling shutter mode. The sensor includes at least one pixel with a photosensitive region configured to photogenerate charges. A first transfer gate is configured to transfer photogenerated charges from the photosensitive region to a transfer node. A source-follower transistor is configured to transmit a reading signal to a read node, in the global shutter mode, in a manner controlled by a potential of the photogenerated charges on the transfer node. A second transfer gate is configured to transfer the photogenerated charges from the photosensitive region to the read node in the rolling shutter mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230051181A1 PHOTOSENSITIVE SENSOR AND CORRESPONDING OPTICAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION METHOD Public/Granted day:2023-02-16
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