Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Binning pixels
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Application No.: US16979144Application Date: 2018-05-25
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Publication No.: US11445129B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Renato Andrea Danilo Turchetta , Michele Sannino , Adrià Bofill
- Applicant: IMASENIC ADVANCED IMAGING, S.L.
- Applicant Address: ES Barcelona
- Assignee: IMASENIC ADVANCED IMAGING, S.L.
- Current Assignee: IMASENIC ADVANCED IMAGING, S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Barcelona
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Priority: EP18382156 20180309
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/063795 WO 20180525
- International Announcement: WO2019/170262 WO 20190912
- Main IPC: G01T1/24
- IPC: G01T1/24 ; H04N5/32 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
A low leakage binned pixel is provided. The pixel comprises a photodiode, a bin transistor and an output amplifier circuit. The photodiode has an anode and a cathode, the anode to collect electrons generated by light or by other form of ionising radiation, e.g. electrons. The bin transistor has a first terminal coupled to the cathode of the photodiode; a second terminal, configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a voltage reset switch (VRST) transistor; and a gate, configured to be coupled to a controller to receive a bin signal. The output amplifier circuit has an input and an output, wherein the input is coupled to the cathode of the photodiode and to the second terminal of the bin transistor. A multi-pixel binned circuit, an image sensor and a camera are also provided.
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