CONTROLLABLE RF BROADBAND AMPLIFIER WITH A CONSTANT INPUT IMPEDANCE
    1.
    发明授权
    CONTROLLABLE RF BROADBAND AMPLIFIER WITH A CONSTANT INPUT IMPEDANCE 有权
    与恒阻抗可调RF放大器宽带

    公开(公告)号:EP1581995B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-08

    申请号:EP03815054.6

    申请日:2003-12-05

    申请人: Thomson Licensing

    IPC分类号: H03F3/72 H03G1/00

    摘要: A variable-gain RF amplifier arrangement whose input impedance is essentially independent of the selected gain is proposed, which has a large number of selectable elementary amplifiers, with an input signal being scaled and the input impedance being set to be the same by means of switchable current limiting elements upstream of the elementary amplifiers, which are associated with the elementary amplifiers. The circuit also has a low noise level, which is largely independent of the selected gain, and good linearity. A broadcast radio receiver as well as a receiver for receiving data signals using an amplifier according to the invention are also proposed.

    CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH SELECTABLE HARD-WIRED BINNING
    2.
    发明公开
    CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH SELECTABLE HARD-WIRED BINNING 有权
    与可选择的硬连线计算总额的CMOS图像传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP2311249A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-20

    申请号:EP09806430.6

    申请日:2009-08-11

    申请人: Thomson Licensing

    IPC分类号: H04N3/15 H04N5/335

    CPC分类号: H04N5/37457 H04N5/347

    摘要: A CMOS image sensor allows for selectively outputting one of two vertical resolutions, e.g. 1080 to 720 lines. The scan conversion is implemented completely on the image sensor chip by using smaller sub-pixel cores, which can be electrically combined via switch transistors. A basic circuit of the CMOS image sensor has a number of pixel cells arranged in lines and columns. Each pixel cell has a photosensitive element that converts impinging light into electric charge and a first transfer element. The first transfer elements of m pixel cells arranged consecutively in the same column are arranged for transferring the charge generated in the respective m photosensitive elements during exposure to a single first charge storage element provided for the respective group of m pixel cells. In an exemplary embodiment the switching scheme allows for combining the signal information of either two or three vertically adjacent sub-pixel cores.

    IMAGE SENSOR CIRCUIT
    5.
    发明公开
    IMAGE SENSOR CIRCUIT 有权
    图像传感器的电路

    公开(公告)号:EP2022253A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-11

    申请号:EP07729407.2

    申请日:2007-05-22

    申请人: Thomson Licensing

    IPC分类号: H04N3/15

    摘要: An image sensor circuit comprises a pixel cell array (1) having a plurality of pixel cells (8) arranged along a plurality of column lines (4o, 4e), a plurality of readout circuits (3e, 6e, 7; 3o, 6o, 7) connected to said column lines (4o, 4e), each of which comprises an analog-to-digital converter (7) and a multi- plexer (14; 19) for selectively applying an output signal of one of said column lines (4o, 4e) to said analog-to- digital converter (7). Between two of said column lines (41, 43,...) which are connected to a first one of said readout circuits (3o, 6o, 7) located at a first side of said pixel cell array (1), there is a column line (42, 44,...) which is connected to a second one (3e, 6e, 7) of said readout circuits located at a second side of said pixel cell array (1) opposite to said first side.

    CONTROLLABLE RF BROADBAND AMPLIFIER WITH A CONSTANT INPUT IMPEDANCE
    6.
    发明公开
    CONTROLLABLE RF BROADBAND AMPLIFIER WITH A CONSTANT INPUT IMPEDANCE 有权
    与恒阻抗可调RF放大器宽带

    公开(公告)号:EP1581995A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-05

    申请号:EP03815054.6

    申请日:2003-12-05

    申请人: Thomson Licensing

    IPC分类号: H03F3/72 H03G1/00

    摘要: A variable-gain RF amplifier arrangement whose input impedance is essentially independent of the selected gain is proposed, which has a large number of selectable elementary amplifiers, with an input signal being scaled and the input impedance being set to be the same by means of switchable current limiting elements upstream of the elementary amplifiers, which are associated with the elementary amplifiers. The circuit also has a low noise level, which is largely independent of the selected gain, and good linearity. A broadcast radio receiver as well as a receiver for receiving data signals using an amplifier according to the invention are also proposed.

    IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR READING OUT PIXELS OF THE IMAGE SENSOR
    8.
    发明公开
    IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR READING OUT PIXELS OF THE IMAGE SENSOR 审中-公开
    BILDSENSOR UND VERFAHREN ZUM AUSLESEN VON PIXELN DES BILDSENSORS

    公开(公告)号:EP2022252A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-11

    申请号:EP07729405.6

    申请日:2007-05-22

    申请人: Thomson Licensing

    IPC分类号: H04N3/15

    CPC分类号: H04N5/3454

    摘要: Image sensor, which comprises a plurality of pixels arranged as a pixel array with rows and columns and at least one read-out arrangement for reading out the pixels row by row. The columns are grouped into blocks (B1,...B64) with a certain number N of columns. Each read-out arrangement comprises N column read out circuits and an addressing circuit for with at least two groups of addressing lines for addressing the blocks. Each read-out arrangement is successively connected to one of the blocks of N columns. The blocks are selectively addressed by the groups of addressing lines in a way that a read-out sequence of blocks addressed by the groups is continuous across all blocks.

    摘要翻译: 图像传感器,其包括排列成具有行和列的像素阵列的多个像素以及用于逐行读出像素的至少一个读出装置。 这些列被分组成具有一定数量N个列的块。 每个读出装置包括N列读出电路和用于至少两组用于寻址块的寻址线的寻址电路。 块被选择性地由寻址行组寻址,使得由组寻址的块的读出序列在所有块上是连续的。