Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Readout circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor
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Application No.: US17692687Application Date: 2022-03-11
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Publication No.: US11641532B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Zvika Veig , Golan Zeituni , Kei Nakagawa
- Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation , Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation,Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation,Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/222 ; H04N5/262

Abstract:
A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including an array of pixel circuits, wherein a column of the array includes: a first pixel circuit including a first photodiode, a first capacitor and a second capacitor coupled to the first photodiode, and a second pixel circuit including a second photodiode, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor coupled to the second photodiode, a first signal line coupled to the first capacitor, a second signal line coupled to the second capacitor, a third signal line coupled to the third capacitor, a fourth signal line coupled to the fourth capacitor, a first switch circuitry, a second switch circuitry, a first comparator coupled to the first signal line and the third signal line through the first switch circuitry, and a second comparator coupled to the second signal line and the fourth signal line through the second switch circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220247951A1 READOUT CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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