Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor including digital pixel
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Application No.: US16599787Application Date: 2019-10-11
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Publication No.: US10972692B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Min-Woong Seo , Jaekyu Lee
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Lee IP Law, PC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0016277 20190212
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/351

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photodetector that includes a photoelectric conversion element that outputs a detection signal in response to light incident thereon, a comparator that compares the detection signal of the photodetector with a ramp signal and outputs a comparison signal in response thereto, a plurality of first memory cells that store a first counting value corresponding to a first voltage level of the detection signal using the comparison signal of the comparator and output the first counting value through a plurality of transmission lines, and a plurality of second memory cells that store a second counting value corresponding to a second voltage level of the detection signal using the comparison signal of the comparator and output the second counting value through the plurality of transmission lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200260043A1 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING DIGITAL PIXEL Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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