Invention Grant
- Patent Title: WDR pixel array, WDR imaging apparatus including the same and method for operating the same
- Patent Title (中): WDR像素阵列,WDR成像装置及其操作方法
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Application No.: US14111619Application Date: 2011-04-29
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Publication No.: US09253413B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Woon Il Choi , Masashi Hashimoto
- Applicant: Woon Il Choi , Masashi Hashimoto
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
- Priority: KR10-2011-0034459 20110413
- International Application: PCT/KR2011/003237 WO 20110429
- International Announcement: WO2012/141370 WO 20121018
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
Disclosed is a WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination by using the 4T pixel structure representing high sensitivity under the low intensity of illumination. According to the embodiment, the overflow charges generated under the very high intensity of illumination are not discarded or partially stored, but read through the 3T pixel operation, so that the WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination can be obtained based on the 4T pixel structure without additionally providing a transistor or a photodiode for the high intensity of illumination in the WDR pixel array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140152884A1 WDR PIXEL ARRAY, WDR IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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