Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converters and related image sensors
- Patent Title (中): 模数转换器和相关图像传感器
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Application No.: US13348044Application Date: 2012-01-11
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Publication No.: US08982259B2Publication Date: 2015-03-17
- Inventor: Kwi Sung Yoo , Min Ho Kwon , Wun-Ki Jung , Jin Ho Seo , Dong Hun Lee , Seung Hyun Lim , Jae Hong Kim
- Applicant: Kwi Sung Yoo , Min Ho Kwon , Wun-Ki Jung , Jin Ho Seo , Dong Hun Lee , Seung Hyun Lim , Jae Hong Kim
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec
- Priority: KR10-2011-0002764 20110111
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H03M1/16 ; H03M3/00 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/50

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and columns and each of the plurality of pixels being configured to convert intensity of incident light into an electrical image signal; and an extended counting analog-to-digital converter configured to perform a first analog-to-digital conversion to provide a digital signal from an output signal of the pixel array, to obtain a residue using the output signal of the pixel array and the digital signal, and to perform a second analog-to-digital conversion using the residue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120176501A1 Analog-to-Digital Converters and Related Image Sensors Public/Granted day:2012-07-12
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