- Patent Title: Image sensor and electronic device having the same for outputting a count value as a pixel value by counting pulses present in the output signals from photoelectric converters
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Application No.: US16353017Application Date: 2019-03-14
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Publication No.: US10903385B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Yoshiaki Miyamoto , Nobuhiro Takeda , Masanori Tanaka
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2018-048395 20180315
- Main IPC: H01L31/107
- IPC: H01L31/107 ; H01L31/02 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/00

Abstract:
An image sensor with a simple configuration that generates an image to which a filter has been applied is disclosed. An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter that detects incidence of single photons; and a counter that counts pulses present in an output signal from the photoelectric converter. The image sensor outputs a count value as a pixel value, wherein the count value is obtained by counting the pulses present in the output signals from a plurality of the photoelectric converters in a first period, or by counting the pulses present in the output signal from a single photoelectric converter in the first period and a second period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190288150A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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