Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including heterogeneous analog to digital convertor with different noise characteristics
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器包括具有不同噪声特性的异构模数转换器
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Application No.: US14546154Application Date: 2014-11-18
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Publication No.: US09537501B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Hyeokjong Lee , Byung-Jo Kim , Se-jun Kim
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2013-0152425 20131209
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
An image sensor in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept may include a pixel sensor array which includes an active pixel sensor and an optical black pixel sensor; a first analog to digital converter configured to convert a first sensing signal, which is provided from the active pixel sensor, to a first digital signal; a second analog to digital converter configured to convert a second sensing signal, which is provided from the optical black pixel sensor, to a second digital signal; and an output buffer configured to temporarily store and output the first digital signal and the second digital signal, wherein a plurality of noise characteristics of the second analog to digital converter is different from a plurality of noise characteristics of the first analog to digital converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150162925A1 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING HETEROGENEOUS ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTOR Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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