公开(公告)号：US10057521B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15234636

申请日：2016-08-11

Applicant: Sandia Corporation

Inventor： Marcos O. Sanchez ,  Liam D. Claus ,  Gideon Robertson ,  John L. Porter, Jr. ,  Sean Pearson ,  Kurt Wessendorf ,  Tom Gurrieri ,  Thomas Hill ,  Andrew Montoya ,  Doug Trotter

IPC: H04N5/374 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/378

CPC classification number: H04N5/374 ,  H01L27/14634 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/3765

Abstract: A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit. The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time unit that depends on the oscillator period.