Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor and image sensing method using the same
- Patent Title (中): CMOS图像传感器和图像感应方法使用相同
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Application No.: US11826588Application Date: 2007-07-17
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Publication No.: US07825970B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Sung-Ho Choi , Jung-Chak Ahn , Yi-Tae Kim , Young-Chan Kim , Hae-Kyung Kong
- Applicant: Sung-Ho Choi , Jung-Chak Ahn , Yi-Tae Kim , Young-Chan Kim , Hae-Kyung Kong
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2006-0067198 20060719
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
Example embodiments may provide a CMOS image sensor. The CMOS image sensor may include a plurality of unit blocks each including two unit pixels. Each unit block may include two photodiodes having a hexagonal shape, a floating diffusion shared by the two unit pixels, a first transfer transistor and a second transfer transistor between the floating diffusion and the two photodiodes, respectively, a reset transistor connected with the floating diffusion, a drive transistor with a gate connected with the floating diffusion, and/or a selection transistor connected to the drive transistor in series. Example embodiment CMOS image sensors may be used in digital cameras, mobile devices, computer cameras, or the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080018765A1 CMOS image sensor and image sensing method using the same Public/Granted day:2008-01-24
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