Image sensor having improved efficiency by reducing noise and time taken for capturing image

    公开(公告)号:US11653113B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17001053

    申请日:2020-08-24

    IPC分类号: H04N5/357 H04N5/376

    CPC分类号: H04N5/3575 H04N5/3765

    摘要: An image sensor includes a pixel including a reset circuit and a floating diffusion node, and outputting a pixel signal that is generated based on a voltage at the floating diffusion node, the pixel signal including a reset output that is generated based on the voltage at the floating diffusion node being reset by the reset circuit. The image sensor further includes a sampler sampling the output pixel signal to generate a sampling signal having a time interval corresponding to a magnitude of the output pixel signal, and a counter counting the generated sampling signal, based on a counter clock, to generate a counting value corresponding to the time interval of the sampling signal. The sampler samples the reset output of the output pixel signal n times to generate first to n-th reset sampling signals, where n is an integer of 2 or more.

    Image sensor having improved efficiency by reducing noise and time taken for capturing image

    公开(公告)号:US10785429B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US16530583

    申请日:2019-08-02

    IPC分类号: H04N5/357 H04N5/376

    摘要: An image sensor includes a pixel including a reset circuit and a floating diffusion node, and outputting a pixel signal that is generated based on a voltage at the floating diffusion node, the pixel signal including a reset output that is generated based on the voltage at the floating diffusion node being reset by the reset circuit. The image sensor further includes a sampler sampling the output pixel signal to generate a sampling signal having a time interval corresponding to a magnitude of the output pixel signal, and a counter counting the generated sampling signal, based on a counter clock, to generate a counting value corresponding to the time interval of the sampling signal. The sampler samples the reset output of the output pixel signal n times to generate first to n-th reset sampling signals, where n is an integer of 2 or more.

    Data transfer circuit using digital transfer and image sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10194109B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15295551

    申请日:2016-10-17

    发明人: Hyeok Jong Lee

    摘要: A data transfer circuit includes a first layer for transmitting first bits and a second layer for transmitting second bits. Each of the first layer and the second layer includes: first to mth banks configured to convert a plurality of received digital pixel signals into first to mth analog voltage signals, wherein ‘m’ denotes an integer which is greater than or equal to ‘2’; first to mth samplers configured to convert the first to mth analog voltage signals into first to mth digital transmission signals; and first to mth digital transfer units configured to respectively receive the first to mth digital transmission signals.

    Image systems and sensors having focus detection pixels therein
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    发明授权
    Image systems and sensors having focus detection pixels therein 有权
    具有焦点检测像素的图像系统和传感器

    公开(公告)号:US09060118B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-16

    申请号:US13827277

    申请日:2013-03-14

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 H04N5/369

    CPC分类号: H04N5/23212 H04N5/3696

    摘要: Image sensors include an array of image sensor pixels therein. This array of image sensor pixels includes a first focus detection pixel and at least a first color pixel. A switching network is provided, which is electrically coupled to the array. This switching network may be configured to generate a first mixed image signal by electronically mixing a focus detection signal generated by the first focus detection pixel with at least one color pixel signal generated by the at least a first color pixel. The first focus detection pixel can be a color-blind pixel, which may include a light-blocking shield mask therein.

    摘要翻译: 图像传感器包括其中的图像传感器像素阵列。 该图像传感器像素阵列包括第一焦点检测像素和至少第一颜色像素。 提供了一种与阵列电耦合的开关网络。 该切换网络可以被配置为通过将由第一焦点检测像素产生的焦点检测信号与由至少一个第一彩色像素生成的至少一个彩色像素信号电子混合来生成第一混合图像信号。 第一焦点检测像素可以是彩色盲像素,其可以在其中包括遮光屏蔽掩模。