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公开(公告)号:US20180103182A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15709816
申请日:2017-09-20
Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Maasa Ito , Tomoya Onishi
IPC: H04N3/14 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/345
Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows, in which each of the plurality of pixels outputs a pixel signal; a row scanning unit that scans the plurality of pixels on a row basis; and an output unit that outputs first time information corresponding to a processing timing of the pixel signal on one of the plurality of rows and second time information corresponding to the pixel signal on another of the plurality of rows and having a different value from the first time information.
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公开(公告)号:US20180076257A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-15
申请号:US15393187
申请日:2016-12-28
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: Geoffrey P. McKnight , Brian K. Guenter , Andrew Keefe , Neel S. Joshi
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L21/304 , H04N5/372 , H04N5/378 , G06T3/40 , H04N5/376
CPC classification number: H01L27/14683 , G06T3/4007 , H01L21/304 , H01L21/67092 , H01L27/14601 , H01L27/14618 , H04N5/372 , H04N5/376 , H04N5/378
Abstract: Techniques for fabricating a semiconductor die having a curved surface can include placing a substantially flat semiconductor die in a recess surface of a concave mold such that corners or edges of the semiconductor die are unconstrained or are the only portions of the semiconductor die in physical contact with the concave mold. The semiconductor die can include through-die cut lines that can lead to substantially less tension in the semiconductor die as compared to the case where the semiconductor die does not include through-die cut lines. Accordingly, such through-die cut lines can allow for achieving relatively large curvatures.
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公开(公告)号:US09894297B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US15406824
申请日:2017-01-16
Inventor: Hidenari Kanehara , Masashi Murakami , Takayoshi Yamada , Kazuko Nishimura , Yasuo Miyake
IPC: H04N5/355 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/376
CPC classification number: H04N5/35563 , H04N5/3559 , H04N5/3696 , H04N5/374 , H04N5/37452 , H04N5/376
Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel cell including: a first photoelectric converter that generates a first electrical signal; and a first signal detection circuit that detects the first electrical signal. The first signal detection circuit includes: a first transistor one of a source and a drain of which is electrically connected to the first photoelectric converter; a first capacitor having first and second ends, the first end being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a reference voltage being applied to the second end; and a second transistor having a gate electrically connected to the first photoelectric converter. The pixel cell outputs, in one frame period, a first image signal and a second image signal in sequence, the first image signal being output when the first transistor is off, the second image signal being output when the first transistor is on.
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公开(公告)号:US20180007284A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15651877
申请日:2017-07-17
Applicant: FotoNation Cayman Limited
Inventor: Kartik Venkataraman , Amandeep S. Jabbi , Robert H. Mullis
IPC: H04N5/247 , G06T7/557 , G06T7/70 , G02B3/00 , G02B5/20 , G06T7/55 , H04N13/00 , H04N9/04 , H04N5/376 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/357 , H04N5/355 , H04N5/353 , H04N5/335 , H04N5/33 , H04N5/265 , H04N5/262 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/228 , H04N5/225 , H04N3/14 , H04N1/195 , H01L27/146 , G06T3/40 , G06T1/20 , G02B27/12 , G02B27/10 , G02B27/00 , G02B13/00 , H04N13/02
CPC classification number: H04N5/247 , G02B3/0006 , G02B5/20 , G02B5/208 , G02B13/0015 , G02B13/0085 , G02B27/0025 , G02B27/1066 , G02B27/123 , G06T1/20 , G06T3/4053 , G06T7/55 , G06T7/557 , G06T7/70 , G06T2207/10052 , G06T2207/30244 , H01L27/14618 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14625 , H01L27/14632 , H01L27/14685 , H01L27/14687 , H01L2924/0002 , H04N1/195 , H04N1/19589 , H04N1/19594 , H04N3/1593 , H04N5/2253 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/2258 , H04N5/228 , H04N5/23212 , H04N5/23229 , H04N5/23232 , H04N5/23238 , H04N5/23296 , H04N5/262 , H04N5/2621 , H04N5/265 , H04N5/33 , H04N5/335 , H04N5/3415 , H04N5/3537 , H04N5/35545 , H04N5/357 , H04N5/3575 , H04N5/3696 , H04N5/376 , H04N9/04 , H04N9/045 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/243 , H04N13/257 , H04N2013/0081 , H01L2924/00
Abstract: A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. Each imager may be associated with an optical element fabricated using a wafer level optics (WLO) technology.
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公开(公告)号:US20170257589A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15503106
申请日:2015-08-14
Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Inventor: Tomoyasu TATE
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, and a solid-state imaging device that enable a larger number of shutter row addresses to be set at the same time. A vertical selection decoder and a latch circuit set shutter row addresses that identify rows of pixels for which an electronic shutter operation is performed, of pixels arranged in a matrix manner, on the basis of a start address and an end address of the shutter row addresses. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a CMOS image sensor that sets the shutter row addresses.
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公开(公告)号:US09749570B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-29
申请号:US14745574
申请日:2015-06-22
Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Takanori Yamashita , Yoshikazu Yamazaki
Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus, including: a driving circuit switching between a current supplying state and a current non-supplying state of the current sources included in column circuits in the respective columns; at least one second readout line to which image signals output from the column circuits in the respective columns are input; switches each having one terminal and another terminal; and a switch control circuit configured to output switch control signals for respectively controlling the switches to be turned on or off, each of the one terminals being connected to corresponding second readout line and each of the another terminals being connected commonly to an output line, in which, in a period in which the switch control signals for respectively controlling the switches to be turned on are output, the number of the current sources controlled to be in the current supplying state by the driving circuit is constant.
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公开(公告)号:US20170213867A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
申请号:US15007312
申请日:2016-01-27
Applicant: VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION
Inventor: Pieter Gerhard Roos
IPC: H01L27/146 , G01R31/26
CPC classification number: H01L27/14658 , G01R31/2601 , H01L27/14625 , H01L27/14634 , H01L27/14636 , H04N5/32 , H04N5/367 , H04N5/376
Abstract: Technology is described for selectively disconnecting a communal module (e.g., horizontal power and signal distribution network) from conductive traces (e.g., vertical columns) that are coupled to cell elements. In one example, a matrix type integrated circuit includes a two dimensional (2D) array of cell elements, a plurality of conductive traces, a communal module, and a plurality of switches. Each cell element in the 2D array provides a similar function. The plurality of conductive traces is substantially parallel to a first axis of the 2D array. Each conductive trace is coupled to a conductive interconnect of cell elements adjacent to the conductive trace. The communal module is configured to provide distribution of at least one electrical signal to the cell elements in the 2D array via at least two conductive traces that are substantially parallel to the first axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20170187936A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US15151240
申请日:2016-05-10
Inventor: Jeffrey M. Raynor
IPC: H04N5/235 , H01L27/146 , H04N9/04
CPC classification number: H04N5/235 , H01L27/14609 , H01L27/14643 , H04N5/2353 , H04N5/37452 , H04N5/376 , H04N9/045
Abstract: An image sensor has an array of light-sensitive pixels. Each pixel of the array includes a photodiode and a plurality of capacitors configured to store charge from the photodiode. The image sensor has an address decoder, coupled to the array of light-sensitive pixels. In at least one mode of operation, portions of the array of light-sensitive pixels to capture respective image exposures. The portions may include interlaced rows of pixels of the array of light-sensitive pixels, blocks of rows of pixels of the array of light-sensitive pixels, interlaced columns of pixels of the array of light-sensitive pixels, interlaced columns and rows of pixels of the array of light-sensitive pixels, blocks of columns and rows of pixels of the array of light-sensitive pixels, etc.
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公开(公告)号:US20170155865A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-01
申请号:US15127510
申请日:2015-04-03
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
Inventor: Tsutomu NAKAJIMA , Atsushi MUTO
IPC: H04N5/3745 , H04N5/376 , H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H04N5/37455 , H01L27/14607 , H01L27/14634 , H01L27/14643 , H04N5/374 , H04N5/376
Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor and an electronic apparatus which can make the image sensor a smaller without degrading performance of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array unit in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a two dimensional manner, a row circuit configured to control row scanning of the pixel array unit, and a column processing unit configured to convert an analog signal read out from the pixel array unit into a digital signal. The pixel array unit is disposed on a first-layer substrate, and the row circuit and the column processing unit are disposed on different substrates which are underlying layers of the first-layer substrate and which are laminated on the first-layer substrate. The present technology is applicable to the image sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20170134677A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-11
申请号:US15311940
申请日:2015-05-29
Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Inventor: Toshiyuki NISHIHARA
CPC classification number: H04N5/361 , G01T1/202 , G01T1/208 , H04N5/3559 , H04N5/3575 , H04N5/3741 , H04N5/37457 , H04N5/376
Abstract: An image pickup device including an amplification transistor (136) and a photodiode (134) is provided. The photodiode is configured to generate an electric charge and provide the electric charge to a first terminal of the amplification transistor. The image pickup device also includes a selection transistor (131) having a first terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the amplification transistor and a second terminal of the selection transistor electrically connected to a signal line (129) is provided. In particular, a third terminal of the amplification transistor is electrically connected to a ground potential.
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