Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and image processing apparatus using the same
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Application No.: US14880663Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US09374527B2Publication Date: 2016-06-21
- Inventor: Han Yang , Kwang-hyun Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel & Sibley, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2012-0011798 20120206
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
An image sensor senses object information and converts the sensed object information into an electrical signal. An image processing apparatus uses the image sensor. The image sensor includes a column signal line connected to output terminals of a plurality of pixel sensors, a comparator circuit configured to output a signal corresponding to a comparison result of a signal output to the column signal line and a reference signal, an ADC circuit configured to convert an analog signal corresponding to an optical signal sensed by the pixel sensor selected from the plurality of pixel sensors connected to the column signal line into digital data based on the signal output from the comparator circuit and, a load circuit connected in series to the comparator circuit between the column signal line and a ground terminal, wherein the load circuit is configured as a common load device of the plurality of pixel sensors connected to the column signal line and the comparator circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037065A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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