公开(公告)号：US20060180741A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-17

申请号：US11055105

申请日：2005-02-11

申请人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H01L27/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/3591 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14654 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path for dark current electrons to be transferred to a pixel floating diffusion region. The dark electrons are subsequently removed by a pixel reset operation. If a small negative voltage is applied to the transfer gate, electrons that would normally create dark current problems will instead recombine with holes thereby substantially reducing dark current.

摘要翻译： 一种操作成像器像素的方法，其包括在电荷采集周期期间在传输晶体管的栅极上施加相对小的电压的动作。 如果施加小的正电压，则在传输晶体管栅极之下产生耗尽区，其产生用于暗电流电子被传送到像素浮动扩散区的路径。 随后通过像素复位操作去除暗电子。 如果向传输栅极施加小的负电压，则通常会产生暗电流问题的电子将与空穴复合，从而显着减少暗电流。

公开(公告)号：US20070188642A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11737186

申请日：2007-04-19

申请人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H04N5/225

CPC分类号： H04N5/3591 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14654 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path for dark current electrons to be transferred to a pixel floating diffusion region. The dark electrons are subsequently removed by a pixel reset operation. If a small negative voltage is applied to the transfer gate, electrons that would normally create dark current problems will instead recombine with holes thereby substantially reducing dark current.

摘要翻译： 一种操作成像器像素的方法，其包括在电荷采集周期期间在传输晶体管的栅极上施加相对小的电压的动作。 如果施加小的正电压，则在传输晶体管栅极之下产生耗尽区，其产生用于暗电流电子被传送到像素浮动扩散区的路径。 随后通过像素复位操作去除暗电子。 如果向传输栅极施加小的负电压，则通常会产生暗电流问题的电子将与空穴复合，从而显着减少暗电流。

公开(公告)号：US07378635B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-27

申请号：US11055105

申请日：2005-02-11

申请人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Parker Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Parker Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H01L27/00 ,  H01L31/062 ,  H01L31/00 ,  G01J1/44 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/3591 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14654 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path for dark current electrons to be transferred to a pixel floating diffusion region. The dark electrons are subsequently removed by a pixel reset operation. If a small negative voltage is applied to the transfer gate, electrons that would normally create dark current problems will instead recombine with holes thereby substantially reducing dark current.

摘要翻译： 一种操作成像器像素的方法，其包括在电荷采集周期期间在传输晶体管的栅极上施加相对小的电压的动作。 如果施加小的正电压，则在传输晶体管栅极之下产生耗尽区，其产生用于暗电流电子被传送到像素浮动扩散区的路径。 随后通过像素复位操作去除暗电子。 如果向传输栅极施加小的负电压，则通常会产生暗电流问题的电子将与空穴复合，从而显着减少暗电流。

公开(公告)号：US20080266435A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-30

申请号：US12127706

申请日：2008-05-27

申请人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Parker Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Gennadiy Agranov ,  Xiangli Li ,  Peter Parker Altice ,  Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/3591 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14654 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path for dark current electrons to be transferred to a pixel floating diffusion region. The dark electrons are subsequently removed by a pixel reset operation. If a small negative voltage is applied to the transfer gate, electrons that would normally create dark current problems will instead recombine with holes thereby substantially reducing dark current.

摘要翻译： 一种操作成像器像素的方法，其包括在电荷采集周期期间在传输晶体管的栅极上施加相对小的电压的动作。 如果施加小的正电压，则在传输晶体管栅极之下产生耗尽区，其产生用于暗电流电子被传送到像素浮动扩散区的路径。 随后通过像素复位操作去除暗电子。 如果向传输栅极施加小的负电压，则通常会产生暗电流问题的电子将与空穴复合，从而显着减少暗电流。

公开(公告)号：US20100020213A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：US12573985

申请日：2009-10-06

申请人： Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An imager having optically and electrically black reference pixels in each row of the imager's pixel array. Since the reference pixels of each row experience the same row-wise noise as active imaging pixels in the associated row, the signals from the reference pixels are used to cancel out row-wise noise from the row of imaging pixels. The reference pixels are designed such that their photosensors are physically or effectively removed from the row-wise noise correction, thus rendering them electrically black or dark. As such, the reference pixels can be used to provide row-wise noise correction without the adverse effects of warm and hot pixels.

摘要翻译： 在成像器的像素阵列的每行中具有光学和电黑色参考像素的成像器。 由于每行的参考像素经历与相关行中的有源成像像素相同的行方向噪声，所以来自参考像素的信号用于抵消来自成像像素行的逐行噪声。 参考像素被设计成使得它们的光电传感器被物理上或有效地从行方式的噪声校正中去除，从而使它们电黑或黑。 因此，参考像素可用于提供行方向噪声校正，而不受热像素和热像素的不利影响。

公开(公告)号：US07852385B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-14

申请号：US12573985

申请日：2009-10-06

申请人： Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H04N5/217 ,  H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An imager having optically and electrically black reference pixels in each row of the imager's pixel array. Since the reference pixels of each row experience the same row-wise noise as active imaging pixels in the associated row, the signals from the reference pixels are used to cancel out row-wise noise from the row of imaging pixels. The reference pixels are designed such that their photosensors are physically or effectively removed from the row-wise noise correction, thus rendering them electrically black or dark. As such, the reference pixels can be used to provide row-wise noise correction without the adverse effects of warm and hot pixels.

摘要翻译： 在成像器的像素阵列的每行中具有光学和电黑色参考像素的成像器。 由于每行的参考像素经历与相关行中的有源成像像素相同的行方向噪声，所以来自参考像素的信号用于抵消来自成像像素行的逐行噪声。 参考像素被设计成使得它们的光电传感器被物理上或有效地从行方式的噪声校正中去除，从而使它们电黑或黑。 因此，参考像素可用于提供行方向噪声校正，而不受热像素和热像素的不利影响。

公开(公告)号：US07701493B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-20

申请号：US11066781

申请日：2005-02-28

申请人： Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H04N5/217 ,  H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An imager having optically and electrically black reference pixels in each row of the imager's pixel array. Since the reference pixels of each row experience the same row-wise noise as active imaging pixels in the associated row, the signals from the reference pixels are used to cancel out row-wise noise from the row of imaging pixels. The reference pixels are designed such that their photosensors are physically or effectively removed from the row-wise noise correction, thus rendering them electrically black or dark. As such, the reference pixels can be used to provide row-wise noise correction without the adverse effects of warm and hot pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20060192864A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

申请号：US11066781

申请日：2005-02-28

申请人： Rick Mauritzson

发明人： Rick Mauritzson

IPC分类号： H04N5/217

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An imager having optically and electrically black reference pixels in each row of the imager's pixel array. Since the reference pixels of each row experience the same row-wise noise as active imaging pixels in the associated row, the signals from the reference pixels are used to cancel out row-wise noise from the row of imaging pixels. The reference pixels are designed such that their photosensors are physically or effectively removed from the row-wise noise correction, thus rendering them electrically black or dark. As such, the reference pixels can be used to provide row-wise noise correction without the adverse effects of warm and hot pixels.

摘要翻译： 在成像器的像素阵列的每行中具有光学和电黑色参考像素的成像器。 由于每行的参考像素经历与相关行中的有源成像像素相同的行方向噪声，所以来自参考像素的信号用于抵消来自成像像素行的逐行噪声。 参考像素被设计成使得它们的光电传感器被物理上或有效地从行方式的噪声校正中去除，从而使它们电黑或黑。 因此，参考像素可用于提供行方向噪声校正，而不受热像素和热像素的不利影响。