Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horizontal banding reduction with ramp generator isolation in an image sensor
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Application No.: US15087253Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US09848140B2Publication Date: 2017-12-19
- Inventor: Liping Deng , Min Qu , Bi Yuan , Yingkan Lin
- 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: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A readout circuit for use in an image sensor includes a system ramp generator coupled to generate a system ramp signal. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters is coupled to a plurality of column bitlines from a pixel array to receive corresponding analog column image signals. An isolation ramp buffer is coupled between the system ramp generator and the analog-to-digital converters. The isolation ramp buffer includes a single input to receive the system ramp signal, and a plurality of isolated outputs. Each of the isolated outputs is coupled to provide an isolated column ramp signal to a corresponding analog-to-digital converter. Each of the of analog-to-digital converters is coupled to generate a corresponding digital column image signal in response to the corresponding analog column image signal and corresponding isolated column ramp signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170289470A1 HORIZONTAL BANDING REDUCTION WITH RAMP GENERATOR ISOLATION IN AN IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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