Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Readout circuitry to mitigate column fixed pattern noise of an image sensor
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Application No.: US14828404Application Date: 2015-08-17
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Publication No.: US09819890B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Rui Wang , Le Huang , Tianjia Sun , Tiejun Dai
- Applicant: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/365

Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms to mitigate fixed pattern noise in image sensor data. In an embodiment, readout circuitry includes an adaptive analog-to-digital converter (ADC) comprising a differential amplifier and a feedback path coupled across the differential amplifier, where the ADC is to receive a ramp signal, a control signal associated with a transition rate of the ramp signal, and an analog signal generated by one or more pixels. In another embodiment, the feedback path and/or one or more other circuit elements coupled to the differential amplifier are configured, based on the control signal, to provide one of multiple loop gains with the differential amplifier. The ADC provides a digital output to determine a comparison based on the ramp signal and the analog signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170054931A1 READOUT CIRCUITRY TO MITIGATE COLUMN FIXED PATTERN NOISE OF AN IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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