Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
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Application No.: US16674202Application Date: 2019-11-05
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Publication No.: US20200260025A1Publication Date: 2020-08-13
- Inventor: MINWOONG SEO , SEUNGSIK KIM , JUNGCHAK AHN , JAEKYU LEE , DONGMO IM , DONGSEOK CHO
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@380d5f3d
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355

Abstract:
A method of driving an image sensor includes integrating an overflowed charge from a photodiode in the floating diffusion area and a dynamic range capacitor. The dynamic range capacitor is formed between the floating diffusion area and a power supply voltage. The method further includes sampling a first voltage formed in the floating diffusion area by the integrated overflowed charge, resetting the photodiode, the floating diffusion area, and the dynamic range capacitor, sampling a reset level of the reset floating diffusion area, transferring a charge accumulated in the photodiode to the floating diffusion area, and sampling a second voltage formed in the floating diffusion area.
Public/Granted literature
- US11025844B2 Image sensor and driving method thereof Public/Granted day:2021-06-01
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