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US09223444B2 CMOS image sensor with shared multiplexer and method of operating the same
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具有共享多路复用器的CMOS图像传感器及其操作方法
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensor with shared multiplexer and method of operating the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有共享多路复用器的CMOS图像传感器及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13733109Application Date: 2013-01-02
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Publication No.: US09223444B2Publication Date: 2015-12-29
- Inventor: Wei-Ting Chan , Ming-Tsan Kao , En-Feng Hsu
- Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu
- Agent Winston Hsu; Scott Margo
- Priority: TW098116850A 20090521; TW098131751A 20090921
- Main IPC: G06F3/042
- IPC: G06F3/042 ; H04N5/345 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
A CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array unit, a row selection unit, and a logic circuit. The pixel array unit is used for sensing an object. The pixel array unit includes M pixels and P multiplexers and each of the M pixels is electrically connected to one of the P multiplexers, wherein M is a positive integer and P is a positive integer smaller than M. The row selection unit and the logic circuit are electrically connected to the P multiplexers. The row selection unit is used for generating a row selection signal. The logic circuit is used for determining a sensing region corresponding to the object wherein the sensing region includes N of the M pixels. Furthermore, the logic circuit controls Q multiplexers, which are electrically connected to the N pixels, to transmit the row selection signal to the N pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130120626A1 CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH SHARED MULTIPLEXER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-05-16
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