Invention Grant
US09025063B2 Unit pixel of image sensor and pixel array including the unit pixel
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包含单位像素的图像传感器和像素阵列的单位像素
- Patent Title: Unit pixel of image sensor and pixel array including the unit pixel
- Patent Title (中): 包含单位像素的图像传感器和像素阵列的单位像素
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Application No.: US13778763Application Date: 2013-02-27
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Publication No.: US09025063B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Jung Chak Ahn , Hisanori Ihara
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Onello & Mello, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0058559 20120531
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L31/062 ; H01L31/113 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L21/00 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A unit pixel of an image sensor is provided. The unit pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element configured to generate photocharge varying with the intensity of incident light, a transfer transistor configured to transfer the photocharge to a floating diffusion in response to a transfer control signal, and a supplemental transistor connected to the floating diffusion. Because the unit pixel includes only one transistor in addition to the transfer transistor, the area of the unit pixel is minimized, and, as a result, the resolution of a pixel array is increased and the power consumption of the pixel array is decreased.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130321685A1 UNIT PIXEL OF IMAGE SENSOR AND PIXEL ARRAY INCLUDING THE UNIT PIXEL Public/Granted day:2013-12-05
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