Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixel array included in image sensor and image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US16175097Application Date: 2018-10-30
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Publication No.: US10573682B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: Young-Sun Oh , Yi-Tae Kim , Yu-Jung Choi
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2018-0004297 20180112
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
A pixel array in an image sensor includes a first pixel group. The first pixel group includes unit pixels that include photoelectric conversion units and a first signal generation unit shared by the photoelectric conversion units. The first signal generation unit includes transfer transistors connected to the photoelectric conversion units, respectively, a first floating diffusion node connected to the transfer transistors, a plurality of driving transistors connected to the first floating diffusion node and connected in parallel with one another, and a plurality of selection transistors connected in parallel between a first output terminal and the plurality of driving transistors. The first output terminal outputs pixel signals that correspond to photo charges collected by the photoelectric conversion units, respectively. A number of the plurality of selection transistors is equal to a number of the plurality of driving transistors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190221600A1 PIXEL ARRAY INCLUDED IN IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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