Image sensors and related methods and electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US09743022B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-22

    申请号:US14851396

    申请日:2015-09-11

    IPC分类号: H04N5/217 H04N5/335 H04N5/359

    CPC分类号: H04N5/3592

    摘要: An image sensor is provided including a pixel array, a correlated double sampling (CDS) unit, an analog-digital converting (ADC) unit, a control unit, and an overflow power voltage control unit. The pixel array includes at least one unit pixel that generates accumulated charges corresponding to incident light in a photoelectric conversion period and outputs an analog signal based on the accumulated charges in a readout period. The CDS unit generates an image signal by performing a CDS operation on the analog signal. An ADC unit converts the image signal into a digital signal. A control unit controls the pixel array, the CDS unit, and the ADC unit. An overflow power voltage control unit controls an overflow power voltage to have a low voltage level in the photoelectric conversion period and controls the overflow power voltage to have a high voltage level in the readout period.

    Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US10608037B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-31

    申请号:US15854356

    申请日:2017-12-26

    摘要: This disclosure relates to image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same. An image sensor including: a pixel area including shared pixels, wherein each of the shared pixels includes at least two photodiodes that form a group and share a floating diffusion (FD) area; and a transistor (TR) area adjacent to the pixel area, wherein the TR area includes transistor sets corresponding to the shared pixels, wherein, when a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction, a first TR set corresponding to the first shared pixel and a second TR set corresponding to the second shared pixel share a source region of a first selection TR.

    Method and device of measuring the distance to an object
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and device of measuring the distance to an object 有权
    测量与物体距离的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09500477B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-22

    申请号:US13893812

    申请日:2013-05-14

    IPC分类号: G01C3/08

    CPC分类号: G01S17/36 G01C3/08

    摘要: To measure the distance to points on an object by radiating a periodic amplitude-modulated optical signal to the object and detecting the phase difference between the radiated optical signal and a reflected optical signal from the object, a first photo-detection control signal is generated to control the radiation of the optical signal. A mask signal is generated such that the mask signal is activated at least during a shuttering duration for resetting the voltage level at a sensing node (associated with an operation of a previous frame). A second photo-detection control signal is generated based on the first photo-detection signal and the mask signal such that the second photo-detection signal is deactivated or masked at least during the shuttering duration.

    摘要翻译: 为了通过向对象辐射周期性幅度调制的光信号并检测辐射光信号与来自对象的反射光信号之间的相位差来测量物体上与点的距离,产生第一光检测控制信号 控制光信号的辐射。 产生掩模信号,使得至少在用于复位感测节点处的电压电平(与先前帧的操作相关联)的快门持续时间期间激活屏蔽信号。 基于第一光检测信号和掩模信号产生第二光检测控制信号,使得至少在快门持续时间期间第二光检测信号被去激活或屏蔽。

    Linear-Logarithmic Image Sensors and Electronic Devices Including the Same
    4.
    发明申请
    Linear-Logarithmic Image Sensors and Electronic Devices Including the Same 有权
    线性对数图像传感器和包括其的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20150288900A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-08

    申请号:US14592495

    申请日:2015-01-08

    CPC分类号: H04N5/35518 H04N5/35527

    摘要: A linear-logarithmic image sensor includes a pixel array, a signal generation unit, and a control unit. The pixel array includes at least one unit pixel that generates a leakage signal corresponding to leakage photo-charges and that sequentially generates a first analog signal corresponding to a portion of accumulated photo-charges and a second analog signal corresponding to a whole of the accumulated photo-charges by resetting a floating diffusion node and transferring the accumulated photo-charges from a storage node to the floating diffusion node in response to first and second transfer control signals that are sequentially activated. The signal generation unit includes at least one signal generation block that generates a final analog signal based on the leakage signal, the first analog signal, and the second analog signal. The control unit controls the pixel array and the signal generation unit.

    摘要翻译: 线性对数图像传感器包括像素阵列,信号生成单元和控制单元。 像素阵列包括至少一个单位像素,其产生对应于泄漏光电荷的泄漏信号,并且顺序地产生对应于累积光电荷的一部分的第一模拟信号和对应于整个累积照片的第二模拟信号 - 通过重置浮动扩散节点并且响应于顺序地激活的第一和第二传送控制信号将累积的光电荷从存储节点传送到浮动扩散节点来充电。 信号生成单元包括至少一个信号生成块,其基于泄漏信号,第一模拟信号和第二模拟信号生成最终的模拟信号。 控制单元控制像素阵列和信号生成单元。

    Unit pixel of image sensor, image sensor including the same and method of manufacturing image sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10396119B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15905007

    申请日:2018-02-26

    摘要: Provided are a unit pixel, an image sensor including the same, a portable electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing includes: forming a photoelectric conversion region in a substrate; forming, in the substrate, a first floating diffusion region spaced apart from the photoelectric conversion region of the substrate, and a second floating diffusion region spaced apart from the first floating diffusion region; forming a first recess spaced apart from the first floating diffusion region and the second floating diffusion region by removing a portion of the substrate from a first surface of the substrate; filling the first recess to form a dual conversion gain (DCG) gate that extends perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly from the first surface of the substrate; and forming a conductive layer to fill an inside of the first recess.

    Linear-logarithmic image sensors and electronic devices including the same
    8.
    发明授权
    Linear-logarithmic image sensors and electronic devices including the same 有权
    线性对数图像传感器和包括其的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09413991B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-09

    申请号:US14592495

    申请日:2015-01-08

    IPC分类号: H04N3/14 H04N5/335 H04N5/355

    CPC分类号: H04N5/35518 H04N5/35527

    摘要: A linear-logarithmic image sensor includes a pixel array, a signal generation unit, and a control unit. The pixel array includes at least one unit pixel that generates a leakage signal corresponding to leakage photo-charges and that sequentially generates a first analog signal corresponding to a portion of accumulated photo-charges and a second analog signal corresponding to a whole of the accumulated photo-charges by resetting a floating diffusion node and transferring the accumulated photo-charges from a storage node to the floating diffusion node in response to first and second transfer control signals that are sequentially activated. The signal generation unit includes at least one signal generation block that generates a final analog signal based on the leakage signal, the first analog signal, and the second analog signal. The control unit controls the pixel array and the signal generation unit.

    摘要翻译: 线性对数图像传感器包括像素阵列,信号生成单元和控制单元。 像素阵列包括至少一个单位像素,其产生对应于泄漏光电荷的泄漏信号,并且顺序地产生对应于累积光电荷的一部分的第一模拟信号和对应于整个累积照片的第二模拟信号 - 通过重置浮动扩散节点并且响应于顺序地激活的第一和第二传送控制信号将累积的光电荷从存储节点传送到浮动扩散节点来充电。 信号生成单元包括至少一个信号生成块,其基于泄漏信号,第一模拟信号和第二模拟信号生成最终的模拟信号。 控制单元控制像素阵列和信号生成单元。

    IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220231073A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17717422

    申请日:2022-04-11

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 H04N5/3745

    摘要: This disclosure relates to image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same. An image sensor including: a pixel area including shared pixels, wherein each of the shared pixels includes at least two photodiodes that form a group and share a floating diffusion (FD) area; and a transistor (TR) area adjacent to the pixel area, wherein the TR area includes transistor sets corresponding to the shared pixels, wherein, when a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction, a first TR set corresponding to the first shared pixel and a second TR set corresponding to the second shared pixel share a source region of a first selection TR.

    Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11302737B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16797193

    申请日:2020-02-21

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 H04N5/3745

    摘要: This disclosure relates to image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same. An image sensor including: a pixel area including shared pixels, wherein each of the shared pixels includes at least two photodiodes that form a group and share a floating diffusion (FD) area; and a transistor (TR) area adjacent to the pixel area, wherein the TR area includes transistor sets corresponding to the shared pixels, wherein, when a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction, a first TR set corresponding to the first shared pixel and a second TR set corresponding to the second shared pixel share a source region of a first selection TR.