Invention Grant
US08686341B2 Image sensor with double integration time and conditional selection
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具有双积分时间和条件选择的图像传感器
- Patent Title: Image sensor with double integration time and conditional selection
- Patent Title (中): 具有双积分时间和条件选择的图像传感器
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Application No.: US13427703Application Date: 2012-03-22
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Publication No.: US08686341B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Andy Noiret , Thierry Ligozat
- Applicant: Andy Noiret , Thierry Ligozat
- Applicant Address: FR Saint-Égrève
- Assignee: E2V Semiconductors
- Current Assignee: E2V Semiconductors
- Current Assignee Address: FR Saint-Égrève
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman & Ham, LLP
- Priority: FR1152415 20110323
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00

Abstract:
An image sensor for gathering images at one and the same time at low illumination level and at high illumination level is described. The sensor operates with a double integration time at each frame. Two successive charge transfers from a photodiode to a storage node are performed, the first after a first duration, the second after a second duration different from the first. The potential of the storage node after the first transfer of charge is sampled in a first capacitor of the reading circuit. The potential after a reinitialization of the storage node is sampled in a second capacitor. A level of potential taken after the second transfer is conditionally resampled in the first capacitor. The condition of the resampling is a condition of signal level after the first transfer. This level is applied to the differential amplifier of a ramp-type converter for a short duration of ramp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120241594A1 IMAGE SENSOR WITH DOUBLE INTEGRATION TIME AND CONDITIONAL SELECTION Public/Granted day:2012-09-27
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