Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exposure control for image sensors
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器的曝光控制
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Application No.: US13782532Application Date: 2013-03-01
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Publication No.: US09293500B2Publication Date: 2016-03-22
- Inventor: Anup K. Sharma , Xiaofeng Fan , Xiangli Li , Chung Chun Wan , Chiajen Lee , Terry L. Gilton
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; G03B7/00 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A method of operating an image sensor. Charge accumulated in a photodiode during a first sub-exposure may be selectively stored in a storage node responsive to a first control signal. Charge accumulated in the photodiode during a first reset period may be selectively discarded responsive to a second control signal. Charge accumulated in the photodiode during a second sub-exposure may be selectively stored responsive to the first control signal. Charge stored in the storage node from the first and second sub-exposures may be transferred to a floating diffusion node responsive to a third control signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140247378A1 EXPOSURE CONTROL FOR IMAGE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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