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公开(公告)号：US11012649B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-18
申请号：US16503383
申请日：2019-07-03
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Michael Guidash , Jay Endsley , John Ladd , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith
Abstract: A control pulse is generated a first control signal line coupled to a transfer gate of a pixel to enable photocharge accumulated within a photosensitive element of the pixel to be transferred to a floating diffusion node, the first control signal line having a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. A feedthrough compensation pulse is generated on a second signal line of the pixel array that also has a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. The feedthrough compensation pulse is generated with a pulse polarity opposite the pulse polarity of the control pulse and is timed to coincide with the control pulse such that capacitive feedthrough of the control pulse to the floating diffusion node is reduced.
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公开(公告)号：US10306169B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15013927
申请日：2016-02-02
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Michael Guidash , Craig M. Smith , Jay Endsley
IPC: H04N5/378
Abstract: A pixel in an integrated-circuit image sensor is enabled to output, throughout a sampling interval, an analog signal having an amplitude dependent, at least in part, on photocharge integrated within a photosensitive element of the pixel. A plurality of samples of the analog signal are generated during an initial portion of the sampling interval that is shorter than a settling time for a maximum possible level of the analog signal.
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公开(公告)号：US20180270432A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-20
申请号：US15759963
申请日：2016-09-20
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith , Michael Guidash , Alexander C. Schneider
CPC classification number: H04N5/378 , H04N5/2355 , H04N5/3532 , H04N5/35536 , H04N5/35554
Abstract: Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels.
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公开(公告)号：US09264639B2
公开(公告)日：2016-02-16
申请号：US14616546
申请日：2015-02-06
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Michael Guidash , Jay Endsley , John Ladd , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith
CPC classification number: H04N5/374 , H01L27/14643 , H04N5/3577 , H04N5/365 , H04N5/3765 , H04N5/378
Abstract: A control pulse is generated a first control signal line coupled to a transfer gate of a pixel to enable photocharge accumulated within a photosensitive element of the pixel to be transferred to a floating diffusion node, the first control signal line having a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. A feedthrough compensation pulse is generated on a second signal line of the pixel array that also has a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. The feedthrough compensation pulse is generated with a pulse polarity opposite the pulse polarity of the control pulse and is timed to coincide with the control pulse such that capacitive feedthrough of the control pulse to the floating diffusion node is reduced.
Abstract translation: 生成控制脉冲，该第一控制信号线耦合到像素的传输门，以使得能够累积在该像素的光敏元件内的光电荷被传送到浮动扩散节点，该第一控制信号线具有与浮置的电容耦合 扩散节点。 在像素阵列的还具有与浮动扩散节点的电容耦合的第二信号线上产生馈通补偿脉冲。 馈通补偿脉冲以与控制脉冲的脉冲极性相反的脉冲极性产生，并被定时以与控制脉冲一致，使得控制脉冲到浮动扩散节点的电容馈通减小。
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公开(公告)号：US11284034B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-22
申请号：US16859243
申请日：2020-04-27
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith , Michael Guidash , Alexander C. Schneider
Abstract: Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels.
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公开(公告)号：US10798322B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-06
申请号：US16140862
申请日：2018-09-25
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Craig M. Smith , Frank Armstrong , Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , James E. Harris , John Ladd , Michael Guidash
Abstract: A pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor is exposed to light representative of a scene during a first frame interval and then oversampled a first number of times within the first frame interval to generate a corresponding first number of frames of image data from which a first output image may be constructed. One or more of the first number of frames of image data are evaluated to determine whether a range of luminances in the scene warrants adjustment of an oversampling factor from the first number to a second number, if so, the oversampling factor is adjusted such that the pixel array is oversampled the second number of times within a second frame interval to generate a corresponding second number of frames of image data from which a second output image may be constructed.
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公开(公告)号：US20200036926A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-30
申请号：US16503391
申请日：2019-07-03
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith , Michael Guidash , Alexander C. Schneider
Abstract: Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels.
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公开(公告)号：US20200007804A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-02
申请号：US16503383
申请日：2019-07-03
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Michael Guidash , Jay Endsley , John Ladd , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith
Abstract: A control pulse is generated a first control signal line coupled to a transfer gate of a pixel to enable photocharge accumulated within a photosensitive element of the pixel to be transferred to a floating diffusion node, the first control signal line having a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. A feedthrough compensation pulse is generated on a second signal line of the pixel array that also has a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. The feedthrough compensation pulse is generated with a pulse polarity opposite the pulse polarity of the control pulse and is timed to coincide with the control pulse such that capacitive feedthrough of the control pulse to the floating diffusion node is reduced.
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公开(公告)号：US10362256B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-23
申请号：US15759963
申请日：2016-09-20
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , Craig M. Smith , Michael Guidash , Alexander C. Schneider
Abstract: Signals representative of total photocharge integrated within respective image-sensor pixels are read out of the pixels after a first exposure interval that constitutes a first fraction of a frame interval. Signals in excess of a threshold level are read out of the pixels after an ensuing second exposure interval that constitutes a second fraction of the frame interval, leaving residual photocharge within the pixels. After a third exposure interval that constitutes a third fraction of the frame interval, signals representative of a combination of at least the residual photocharge and photocharge integrated within the pixels during the third exposure interval are read out of the pixels.
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公开(公告)号：US09681071B2
公开(公告)日：2017-06-13
申请号：US15333645
申请日：2016-10-25
Applicant: Rambus Inc.
Inventor： Craig M. Smith , Michael Guidash , Jay Endsley , Thomas Vogelsang , James E. Harris
IPC: H04N3/14 , H04N5/335 , H04N5/355 , H04N5/347 , H04N5/374 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/3745 , H01L27/146 , H01L31/062 , H01L31/113
CPC classification number: H04N5/3559 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14641 , H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14645 , H04N5/347 , H04N5/355 , H04N5/3741 , H04N5/37455 , H04N5/378
Abstract: In a pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor, each of a plurality of pixels is evaluated to determine whether charge integrated within the pixel in response to incident light exceeds a first threshold. N-bit digital samples corresponding to the charge integrated within at least a subset of the plurality of pixels are generated, and then applied to a lookup table to retrieve respective M-bit digital values (M being less than N), wherein a stepwise range of charge integration levels represented by possible states of the M-bit digital values extends upward from a starting charge integration level that is determined based on the first threshold.
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