Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors and image processing systems
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器和图像处理系统
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Application No.: US13611451Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US08593319B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Min-Ho Kwon , Seog-Heon Ham , Jeong-Jin Roh , Jae-Jin Yeo , Yong-Suk Choi , Gun-Hee Han
- Applicant: Min-Ho Kwon , Seog-Heon Ham , Jeong-Jin Roh , Jae-Jin Yeo , Yong-Suk Choi , Gun-Hee Han
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do KR Seoul
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do KR Seoul
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce
- Priority: KR10-2011-0142279 20111226
- Main IPC: H03M3/00
- IPC: H03M3/00

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including a delta-sigma modulator (DSM) and a voltage adjusting circuit. The DSM is configured to perform delta-sigma modulation on an analog signal from a unit pixel. The delta-sigma ADC is configured to convert the analog signal to a digital signal. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a replica inverter having a same configuration as at least one inverter included in the DSM. The voltage adjusting circuit is configured to adjust a power supply voltage and an input voltage provided to the at least one inverter based on a current flowing in the replica inverter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130162857A1 IMAGE SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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