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公开(公告)号:US11438530B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US17502209
申请日:2021-10-15
发明人: Yaowu Mo , Chen Xu , Zexu Shao , Weijan Ma , Guanjing Ren , Wenjie Shi , Xiao Xie
IPC分类号: H04N5/345 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/376 , H04N5/378
摘要: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel has a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.
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公开(公告)号:US20220060644A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-24
申请号:US17502209
申请日:2021-10-15
发明人: Yaowu Mo , Chen Xu , Zexu Shao , Weijan Ma , Guanjing Ren , Wenjie Shi , Xiao Xie
IPC分类号: H04N5/345 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/376
摘要: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel has a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240022841A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-18
申请号:US17951828
申请日:2022-09-23
发明人: Guang Yang , Jing Yang , Jinjian Hou , Guanjing Ren , Yaowu Mo
IPC分类号: H04N5/3745 , H03M1/34 , H03M1/10
CPC分类号: H04N5/37455 , H03M1/34 , H03M1/1071
摘要: An image sensor array and circuit design and method employing a voltage and current detection circuit capable of quantifying a power signal, grounding signal, internal reference voltage and internal reference current. An image sensor comprising the invented circuit design may be incorporated within a digital camera.
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公开(公告)号:US20220141407A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17385792
申请日:2021-07-26
发明人: Xiaoyong Wang
摘要: An image sensor has an image sensor array and circuit design employing a method of black level compensation to address image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor including the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera.
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公开(公告)号:US12022222B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17854836
申请日:2022-06-30
发明人: Jing Yang , Jiawei Heng , Guanjing Ren
IPC分类号: H04N25/772 , H04N23/73 , H04N25/57
CPC分类号: H04N25/772 , H04N23/73 , H04N25/57
摘要: A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination from a normal image is received by one set of pixels and illumination from an LED light source is received by another. The readout method serially separates the normal image signal from the LED light sourced signal. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased HDR. The image sensor array and readout method may be incorporated within a digital camera.
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公开(公告)号:US20230007898A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-12
申请号:US17484234
申请日:2021-09-24
发明人: Wenjie Shi , Binghui Tan , Wanqing Wang
摘要: A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination is blocked and light scattered from an adjacent pixel is collected. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased dynamic range of the imaging signal. The image sensor may be incorporated within a digital camera.
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公开(公告)号:US20230283918A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US17854883
申请日:2022-06-30
发明人: Zhi Zhou , Guanjing Ren
IPC分类号: H04N5/347 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/376 , H04N5/3745 , H04N9/04 , H04N5/343 , G02B3/00 , H01L27/146
CPC分类号: H04N5/347 , H04N5/36961 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/376 , H04N5/37457 , H04N9/0455 , H04N9/0451 , H04N5/343 , G02B3/00 , H01L27/14627 , G02B2003/0093 , H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14641
摘要: An imaging system with an array of pixel cell units having four photodiodes sharing the same readout amplifier, row select transistor, microlens and filter color. Some pixel cell units provide a phase detection autofocus function. The imaging system provides the option of imaging with phase detection autofocus and with or without horizontal or vertical binning readout modes, or both simultaneously, to form an a full resolution image of the target scene with improved effective frame rate and improved slow motion imaging.
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公开(公告)号:US11736821B1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17854883
申请日:2022-06-30
发明人: Zhi Zhou , Guanjing Ren
IPC分类号: H04N25/46 , H01L27/146 , H04N25/11 , H04N25/42 , G02B3/00 , H04N23/84 , H04N25/74 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/704 , H04N25/778
CPC分类号: H04N25/46 , G02B3/00 , H01L27/14627 , H04N23/84 , H04N25/11 , H04N25/42 , H04N25/704 , H04N25/74 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/778 , G02B2003/0093 , H01L27/14641 , H01L27/14643
摘要: An imaging system with an array of pixel cell units having four photodiodes sharing the same readout amplifier, row select transistor, microlens and filter color. Some pixel cell units provide a phase detection autofocus function. The imaging system provides the option of imaging with phase detection autofocus and with or without horizontal or vertical binning readout modes, or both simultaneously, to form an a full resolution image of the target scene with improved effective frame rate and improved slow motion imaging.
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公开(公告)号:US11616924B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US17385792
申请日:2021-07-26
发明人: Xiaoyong Wang
摘要: An image sensor has an image sensor array and circuit design employing a method of black level compensation to address image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor including the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera.
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公开(公告)号:US11588994B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17385808
申请日:2021-07-26
发明人: Xiaoyong Wang , Jin He
IPC分类号: H04N5/3745 , G06T7/00
摘要: An imaging system has a imaging array on a semiconductor chip which also includes circuit the elements NPU and SRAM to rapidly identify target objects in the imaging data and output their high level representations with low power consumption.
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