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1.发明授权公开(公告)号：US07164113B2
公开(公告)日：2007-01-16
申请号：US10676136
申请日：2003-09-30
IPC分类号： H01L27/00
CPC分类号： H04N5/2253 , H01L2224/13025 , H01L2224/16145 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2224/32145 , H01L2224/32225 , H01L2224/48145 , H01L2224/48227 , H01L2224/73265 , H01L2924/00012 , H01L2924/00
摘要： The present invention provides a small, high-performance imaging device and its application to products at low cost by preventing noise superimposed on a timing pulse feed line from affecting the output of an imaging chip. The imaging device includes two chips: an imaging chip 101 including a sensor 102 and an image processing chip 106 including an image processing circuit 110. The transistors of all circuits in the imaging chip 101 are formed as either nMOS or pMOS transistors. The imaging chip 101 is stacked on the image processing chip 106.
摘要翻译： 本发明通过防止叠加在定时脉冲馈电线上的噪声影响成像芯片的输出，提供了一种小型高性能成像装置及其在低成本产品中的应用。 成像装置包括两个芯片：包括传感器102的成像芯片101和包括图像处理电路110的图像处理芯片106。 成像芯片101中的所有电路的晶体管形成为nMOS或pMOS晶体管。 成像芯片101堆叠在图像处理芯片106上。
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2.发明授权Imaging device chip having transistors of same conductivity type and image pickup system 有权成像装置芯片具有相同导电类型的晶体管和图像拾取系统公开(公告)号：US07271834B2
公开(公告)日：2007-09-18
申请号：US10658700
申请日：2003-09-09
IPC分类号： H04N5/335
CPC分类号： H04N5/335 , H01L27/14609
摘要： An imaging device chip set includes an imaging chip provided for obtaining an electric signal by photoelectric conversion of incident light, and a DSP chip provided for carrying out digital signal processing with respect to the electric signal obtained by the imaging chip. The imaging chip includes a plurality of unit pixels for generating the electric signal by the photoelectric conversion of incident light, a horizontal scanning circuit for selecting the unit pixels in a horizontal direction, and a vertical scanning circuit for selecting the unit pixels in a vertical direction. The DSP chip includes a timing generating circuit for generating timing pulses necessary for operations of the horizontal scanning circuit and the vertical scanning circuit, and a digital signal processing circuit for carrying out digital signal processing with respect to the electric signal generated by the plurality of unit pixels. The timing generating circuit and the digital signal processing circuit, which are included in the DSP chip, are formed with CMOS transistors. The plurality of unit pixels, the horizontal scanning circuit, and the vertical scanning circuit, which are included in the imaging chip, are formed with transistors of the same conductivity type.
摘要翻译： 成像装置芯片组包括用于通过入射光的光电转换获得电信号的成像芯片和用于对由成像芯片获得的电信号执行数字信号处理的DSP芯片。 成像芯片包括用于通过入射光的光电转换产生电信号的多个单位像素，用于选择水平方向的单位像素的水平扫描电路和用于在垂直方向上选择单位像素的垂直扫描电路 。 DSP芯片包括用于产生水平扫描电路和垂直扫描电路的操作所需的定时脉冲的定时产生电路和用于对由多个单元产生的电信号进行数字信号处理的数字信号处理电路 像素。 包括在DSP芯片中的定时发生电路和数字信号处理电路由CMOS晶体管形成。 包含在成像芯片中的多个单位像素，水平扫描电路和垂直扫描电路由具有相同导电类型的晶体管形成。
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公开(公告)号：US08018510B2
公开(公告)日：2011-09-13
申请号：US11569603
申请日：2005-02-25
IPC分类号： H04N5/335
摘要： A solid-state imaging device is provided in which sensitivity is prevented from lowering even when signals of pixels are mixed. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel units each of which has a photoelectric conversion element, and is capable of summing signals corresponding to respective outputs of the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixel units. The device includes: a plurality of capacitors, each of which individually accumulates electric charges corresponding to a signal outputted from the associated photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of MOS transistors which are alternately connected with the associated capacitor. By disconnecting the MOS transistor, the electric charges of the signal outputted from each of the photoelectric conversion elements are accumulated in each associated capacitor, and by conducting the MOS transistors to sum the signals of the pixel units, the capacitors are connected in series.
摘要翻译： 提供一种固态成像装置，即使在像素的信号混合的情况下也可以防止其降低灵敏度。 固态成像装置包括多个像素单元，每个像素单元具有光电转换元件，并且能够对与像素单元的光电转换元件的各个输出相对应的信号求和。 该装置包括：多个电容器，每个电容器分别累积与从相关联的光电转换元件输出的信号相对应的电荷; 以及与相关联的电容器交替连接的多个MOS晶体管。 通过断开MOS晶体管，从每个相关联的电容器中累积从每个光电转换元件输出的信号的电荷，并且通过使MOS晶体管将像素单元的信号相加，电容器串联连接。
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公开(公告)号：US07667171B2
公开(公告)日：2010-02-23
申请号：US11571461
申请日：2005-07-04
IPC分类号： H01L27/00
CPC分类号： H04N5/3598 , H01L27/14609 , H04N5/243 , H04N5/3575
摘要： In the case where a subject is captured with a high-luminance light, such as sunlight, for a background, a phenomenon that a portion of the high-luminance subject is detected as a no-signal level is prevented. The solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric transducer PD which converts incident light to charges; a voltage level detection circuit 50 in which pixel units 10an1 and 10bn1, each having a voltage conversion amplifying transistor Q13a which outputs a voltage by converting the charges accumulated in the photoelectric transducer PD, are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and which detects a pixel output voltage outputted from each of the pixel units to the common column signal line Ln; and a column signal processing circuit 80 which receives a logic output voltage of the voltage level detection circuit 50 and the pixel output voltage and which outputs a voltage to a horizontal output circuit 90. The column signal processing circuit 80 outputs either a voltage identical to the pixel output voltage or a fixed voltage, depending on the logic output voltage.
摘要翻译： 在用诸如阳光的高亮度光拍摄被摄体背景的情况下，防止将高亮度被摄体的一部分检测为无信号电平的现象。 固态成像装置包括：将入射光转换成电荷的光电转换器PD; 电压电平检测电路50，其中具有通过转换积累在光电变换器PD中的电荷而输出电压的电压转换放大晶体管Q13a的像素单元10an1和10bn1被一维或二维地排列， 从每个像素单元输出到公共列信号线Ln的像素输出电压; 以及列信号处理电路80，其接收电压电平检测电路50的逻辑输出电压和像素输出电压，并向水平输出电路90输出电压。列信号处理电路80输出与 像素输出电压或固定电压，取决于逻辑输出电压。
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公开(公告)号：US20090033780A1
公开(公告)日：2009-02-05
申请号：US12091138
申请日：2006-07-11
IPC分类号： H04N5/335
CPC分类号： H04N9/045 , H04N5/3742 , H04N5/378
摘要： An object of the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional solid state imaging device which can realize speeding up of signal output. The two-dimensional solid state imaging device includes: a pixel region; a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element each of which is arranged for a different column of pixels and accumulates pixel signals of the corresponding column of pixels; a first horizontal signal line and a second horizontal signal line each of which transmits the pixel signals accumulated in a corresponding capacitance element; a common signal line connected to the horizontal signal lines; a scan timing generation unit and a switch unit which control readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the horizontal signal line; and an external output timing unit and a switch unit which select the horizontal signal line and control output of the pixel signals from the selected horizontal signal line to the common signal line. Here, the scan timing generation unit and the switch unit, and the external output timing unit and the switch unit control the readout and the output of the pixel signals, respectively, so that a time period required for the readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the signal line is longer than a time period required for the output of the pixel signals from the signal line to the common signal line.
摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种可实现信号输出加速的二维固态成像装置。 二维固态成像装置包括：像素区域; 第一电容元件和第二电容元件，每个元件被布置用于不同的像素列并且累积相应列的像素的像素信号; 第一水平信号线和第二水平信号线，每个信号线发送累积在对应的电容元件中的像素信号; 连接到水平信号线的公共信号线; 扫描定时生成单元和开关单元，其控制从电容元件到水平信号线的像素信号的读出; 以及外部输出定时单元和开关单元，其选择水平信号线并将所选择的水平信号线的像素信号的输出控制到公共信号线。 这里，扫描定时生成单元和开关单元以及外部输出定时单元和开关单元分别控制像素信号的读出和输出，从而从像素信号读出所需的时间周期 信号线的电容元件比从信号线到公共信号线的像素信号的输出所需的时间长。
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公开(公告)号：US20080018517A1
公开(公告)日：2008-01-24
申请号：US11822589
申请日：2007-07-09
IPC分类号： H03M1/34
CPC分类号： H03M1/188 , H03M1/0607 , H03M1/0675 , H03M1/56 , H03M1/58
摘要： An AD converter includes an analog data storing unit, a first DA converter for converting an input digital data into a first analog reference voltage which varies within a first voltage range in a range of every possible signal voltage of the input analog data, a second DA converter for converting the input digital data into a second analog reference voltage which varies within a second voltage range in the range of every possible signal voltage of the input analog data, a first comparator for comparing the input analog data with the first reference voltage, a second comparator for comparing the input analog data with the second reference voltage and a digital data storing unit for storing a digital data corresponding to a point of time when a change of state occurs in the comparison results of each of the first and second comparators.
摘要翻译： AD转换器包括模拟数据存储单元，第一DA转换器，用于将输入数字数据转换成在输入模拟数据的每个可能的信号电压的范围内在第一电压范围内变化的第一模拟参考电压;第二DA 转换器，用于将输入数字数据转换成在输入模拟数据的每个可能的信号电压的范围内在第二电压范围内变化的第二模拟参考电压，用于将输入的模拟数据与第一参考电压进行比较的第一比较器， 第二比较器，用于将输入模拟数据与第二参考电压进行比较;以及数字数据存储单元，用于存储对应于在第一和第二比较器中的每一个的比较结果中发生状态改变的时间点的数字数据。
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公开(公告)号：US20070109432A1
公开(公告)日：2007-05-17
申请号：US11528523
申请日：2006-09-28
申请人： Takumi Yamaguchi , Takahiko Murata , Shigetaka Kasuga , Takayoshi Yamada , Yoshiyuki Matsunaga , Ryohei Miyagawa
发明人： Takumi Yamaguchi , Takahiko Murata , Shigetaka Kasuga , Takayoshi Yamada , Yoshiyuki Matsunaga , Ryohei Miyagawa
CPC分类号： H04N5/3741 , H04N5/3742
摘要： A solid state imaging device includes an imaging area where a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels are respectively arranged in the form of a matrix, each of the first pixels and the second pixels having a photoelectric conversion portion and outputting a signal in accordance with brightness of incident light when selected; a plurality of first memories that respectively store signals of selected first pixels out of the plurality of first pixels; and a plurality of second memories that are respectively connected in parallel to the first memories and respectively store signals of selected second pixels out of the plurality of second pixels. The signals stored in the first memories and in the second memories are successively read to a horizontal signal line.
摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括其中多个第一像素和多个第二像素分别以矩阵形式布置的成像区域，每个第一像素和第二像素具有光电转换部分，并且输出信号 根据入射光的亮度选择; 多个第一存储器，分别存储多个第一像素中所选择的第一像素的信号; 以及分别与第一存储器并联连接并分别存储多个第二像素中所选择的第二像素的信号的多个第二存储器。 存储在第一存储器和第二存储器中的信号被连续地读取到水平信号线。
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8.发明授权Solid state imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and camera using the same 有权固体摄像装置及其驱动方法及使用其的相机公开(公告)号：US07760260B2
公开(公告)日：2010-07-20
申请号：US10759570
申请日：2004-01-20
CPC分类号： H04N9/045
摘要： A solid state imaging apparatus which includes a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction and every two vertically or horizontally adjacent ones of the plurality of pixels have color filters of different colors. In a predetermined period of time, charge signals received from ones of the plurality of pixels arranged in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction which include color filters of the same color (represented by circles) are sequentially output.
摘要翻译： 包括在垂直方向和水平方向上二维布置的多个像素的固态成像装置和多个像素中的每两个垂直或水平相邻的像素具有不同颜色的滤色器。 在预定时间段内，依次输出从包括相同颜色（由圆圈表示）的滤色器的垂直方向或水平方向上布置的多个像素中的一个接收的电荷信号。
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公开(公告)号：US07968888B2
公开(公告)日：2011-06-28
申请号：US11422708
申请日：2006-06-07
IPC分类号： H01L31/00
CPC分类号： H01L27/1462 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14623 , H01L27/14625 , H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14632 , H01L27/14685 , H01L27/14687
摘要： An object of the present invention is to provide a small solid-state image sensor which realizes significant improvement in sensitivity. The solid-state image sensor of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate in which photoelectric conversion units are formed, a light-blocking film which is formed above the semiconductor substrate and has apertures formed so as to be positioned above respective photoelectric conversion units, and a high refractive index layer formed in the apertures. Here, each aperture has a smaller aperture width than a maximum wavelength in a wavelength of light in a vacuum converted from a wavelength of the light entering the photoelectric conversion unit through the apertures, and the high refractive index is made of a high refractive index material having a refractive index which allows transmission of light having the maximum wavelength through the aperture.
摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种实现敏感度显着提高的小型固态图像传感器。 本发明的固态图像传感器包括形成有光电转换单元的半导体衬底，形成在半导体衬底之上并具有形成为位于各个光电转换单元之上的孔的遮光膜，以及 形成在孔中的高折射率层。 这里，每个孔径在从通过孔进入光电转换单元的光的波长转换的真空中的光波长中的最大波长较小，高折射率由高折射率材料 具有折射率，其允许通过孔径传输具有最大波长的光。
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公开(公告)号：US07423271B2
公开(公告)日：2008-09-09
申请号：US11665603
申请日：2006-06-09
CPC分类号： H01L27/14649 , G01J5/34 , G01J2005/0048 , G01J2005/345 , G01V8/10 , H01L27/1443 , H04N5/33
摘要： An infrared sensor includes a plurality of reference pixel units 2 arranged in a matrix pattern and series capacitor elements 14 provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the reference pixel units 2. The reference pixel units 2 each include an output line 30, a reference capacitor element 13 connected via a switching element 17 between the output line and the ground, and a plurality of infrared-detecting capacitor elements 12 connected via associated switching elements 16 between the output line 30 and the ground. Each series capacitor element 14 is connected to the associated output line 30.
摘要翻译： 红外线传感器包括以矩阵图案排列的多个参考像素单元2和与参考像素单元2一一对应地设置的串联电容器元件14。 参考像素单元2各自包括输出线30，经由输出线和地之间的开关元件17连接的参考电容器元件13以及通过相关联的开关元件16连接在输出线和地之间的多个红外线检测电容器元件12 30号线和地面。 每个串联电容器元件14连接到相关联的输出线30。
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