Invention Publication
- Patent Title: IMAGE SENSOR
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Application No.: US18450813Application Date: 2023-08-16
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Publication No.: US20240259715A1Publication Date: 2024-08-01
- Inventor: Changhyung CHOI , Jaehong KIM , Jinwoo KIM , Daehwa PAIK
- 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: KR 20230011664 2023.01.30
- Main IPC: H04N25/78
- IPC: H04N25/78 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N17/00

Abstract:
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor according to an example embodiment includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal that increases or decreases with a constant slope, a signal selector configured to output the ramp signal and one of a pixel signal and a test signal output from the pixel array, and a comparison circuit configured to receive the ramp signal and the test signal from the signal selector during a first period, output a first comparison result of the ramp signal and the test signal, receive the pixel signal and the ramp signal from the signal selector during a second period after the first period, and output a second comparison result of the pixel signal and the ramp signal.
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