Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixel circuit with fast read out
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Application No.: US14600887Application Date: 2015-01-20
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Publication No.: US09706147B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Cedric Tubert
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: FR1450614 20140124
- Main IPC: H04N1/03
- IPC: H04N1/03 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a first photodiode with associated first sense node and a second photodiode with associated second sense node. A first transistor has its control node coupled to the first sense node and a second transistor has its control node coupled to the second sense node. The conduction paths (for example, source-drain paths) of the first and second transistors are coupled in series between first and second column lines associated with a column of the image sensor array. Switches control connection of the first and second column lines in two modes: one mode where a voltage is applied to the first column line and data from one of the photodiodes is read out by the second column line; and another mode where a voltage is applied to the second column line and data from the other of the photodiodes is read out by the first column line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150215559A1 PIXEL CIRCUIT WITH FAST READ OUT Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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