Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Array of pixels with good dynamic range
- Patent Title (中): 具有良好动态范围的像素阵列
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Application No.: US13855115Application Date: 2013-04-02
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Publication No.: US08853756B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Albert Theuwissen
- Applicant: Albert Theuwissen
- Applicant Address: BE
- Assignee: Harvest Imaging bvba
- Current Assignee: Harvest Imaging bvba
- Current Assignee Address: BE
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Priority: EP12162914 20120402
- Main IPC: H01L31/062
- IPC: H01L31/062 ; H01L31/113 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N3/14 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
An array comprises a plurality of pixels logically arranged in rows and columns. The pixels comprise a photoreceptor (11) for converting impinging radiation into electronic charge, a transfer element (12) for transferring the electronic charge towards a sense node, a reset transistor (13) for resetting the sense node (16), means for converting the electronic charge onto the sense node (16) into a voltage, and for outputting the voltage as a pixel signal, and means adapted for biasing the sense nodes at a low voltage lower than a reset voltage which is meant to initialize the photoreceptor, during integration of impinging radiation on the photoreceptors. The means for converting and outputting comprise a source follower (14) for converting the electronic charge, and a select transistor (15) for outputting the voltage as a pixel signal, and the reset transistor of at least one pixel is coupled with one main electrode to the gate of the reset transistor of another pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130256768A1 Floating diffusion pre-charge Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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