Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spread-spectrum clock-signal adjustment for image sensors
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Application No.: US16297534Application Date: 2019-03-08
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Publication No.: US10734438B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Tzi-Cheng Lai , Jehn-Huar Chern , Stephen Biellak
- Applicant: KLA-Tencor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: KLA Corporation
- Current Assignee: KLA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Huse IP Law
- Agent Charles C. Huse
- Main IPC: H01L27/148
- IPC: H01L27/148 ; H01L27/146 ; H04B3/32 ; H04N5/357 ; G06F1/10 ; H03L7/081 ; H04N5/376

Abstract:
An image sensor is provided that includes a pixel array divided into a plurality of pixel groups. Each pixel group is clocked by a respective plurality of horizontal-register clocks. Clock signals for the image sensor are adjusted. Adjusting the clock signals includes phase-shifting each plurality of horizontal-register clocks by a respective phase delay of a plurality of phase delays. The phase delays are evenly spaced and are spaced symmetrically about zero. With the clock signals adjusted, a target is imaged using the image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190288019A1 Spread-Spectrum Clock-Signal Adjustment for Image Sensors Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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