Invention Publication
- Patent Title: IMAGE SENSORS HAVING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE PIXELS
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Application No.: US18067493Application Date: 2022-12-16
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Publication No.: US20240205562A1Publication Date: 2024-06-20
- Inventor: Sergey VELICHKO , Manuel H. INNOCENT , Richard MAURITZSON
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Main IPC: H04N25/77
- IPC: H04N25/77 ; H04N25/78

Abstract:
An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each imaging pixel may include a photodiode, an overflow capacitor, an overflow transistor that is interposed between the photodiode and the overflow capacitor, a floating diffusion region, a transfer transistor that is interposed between the photodiode and the floating diffusion region, a voltage supply, and a reset transistor that is interposed between the floating diffusion region and the voltage supply. The voltage supply may provide a voltage at a first magnitude that is less than the pinning voltage for a first portion of a reset period and may provide the voltage at a second magnitude that is greater than the pinning voltage for a second portion of the reset period.
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