Invention Application
- Patent Title: UNIT PIXEL OF IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING THE SAME
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器和图像传感器的单元像素
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Application No.: US14231859Application Date: 2014-04-01
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Publication No.: US20140374572A1Publication Date: 2014-12-25
- Inventor: Tae-Chan KIM , Moo-Young KIM
- 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
- Priority: KR10-2013-0070402 20130619
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369

Abstract:
A unit pixel of an image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a mode control unit, a first signal generation unit and a second signal generation unit. The photoelectric conversion unit generates photo-charges in response to incident light and provides the photo-charges to a first node. The mode control unit prevents the photo-charges from being discharged from the first node in a first operation mode, and generates a sensing current by discharging the photo-charges and generates a sensing voltage proportional to the sensing current in a second operation mode. The first signal generation unit generates an analog signal based on an amount of the photo-charges accumulated in the first node in the first operation mode. The second signal generation unit generates an on signal and an off signal based on a change of the sensing voltage in the second operation mode. The unit pixel provides various sensing outputs effectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US09986188B2 Unit pixel of image sensor and image sensor having the same Public/Granted day:2018-05-29
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