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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126094 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL RAMP CONVERTER A method of analog to digital voltage conversion including: generating a quadratic signal based on an analog time varying reference signal; generating a ramp signal based on the quadratic signal; and converting an analog input voltage to a digital output value based on ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126097 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE USING A PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR An image sensing apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged two dimensionally, each pixel containing a photoelectric converter that outputs a photoelectrically converted signal in response to a quantity of received light, an output unit containing a clamping circuit, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127354 | IMAGE SENSOR An image sensor for electronic cameras includes a plurality of light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns for generating exposure proportional signals, wherein the pixels of a respective column are coupled to at least one respective column read-out circuit via ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128264 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF OPTICAL IMAGING FOR TARGET DETECTION IN A SCATTERING MEDIUM A method for enhancing contrast in fluorescence imaging is provided. The method comprises providing a patterned illumination source for illuminating one or more regions corresponding to a scan step, scanning at least a portion of a surface of a subject using a plurality... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126095 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM A detection apparatus includes conversion elements and switch elements disposed below the conversion elements; insulating layers are disposed between the conversion elements and switch elements. Each conversion element includes a first electrode corresponding to a switc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126096 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE According to one embodiment, a semiconductor layer in which a photoelectric conversion unit is formed for each pixel, a readout circuit that is formed on a front side of the semiconductor layer and reads out a signal from the photoelectric conversion unit, a light incid... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104232 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING SUB-SAMPLING FUNCTION An image sensor includes, inter alia, a pixel array, read-out circuit blocks, and switching units. The pixel array includes unit pixels arranged in rows and columns. Two or more read-out circuit blocks sample, amplify, and perform analog-to-digital conversion on unit pi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104235 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A pre-amplifier (column region unit) of a solid-state imaging device including a pixel-signal controller. The pixel-signal controller, for each vertical signal line, detects the level of each pixel signal independently by a pixel-signal detector on the output side of a ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104228 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, IMAGING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE INFORMATION ACQUISITION A pixel circuit uses two storage transistors to store two image signal samples, which include a reference signal produced by background noise of the pixel circuit and a signal produced by optical exposure of a photodetector and the background noise of the pixel circuit.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104231 | DUAL SPEED READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR HIGH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION APPLICATIONS A dual speed Read-Out Integrated Circuit employs a native pixel array with associated high resolution integration circuits for each pixel and a superpixel array created within the native pixel array by combination of native pixels for charge sharing integration in reduc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104233 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME A solid-state imaging device counts down clock pulses until a comparator indicates a predetermined comparison result using a counter while comparing, in the comparator, a reset component outputted from one of pixel circuits which is yet to receive light with a reference... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104229 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING THE SAME A temperature sensor includes a band gap reference (BGR) circuit, a voltage generation unit and a digital CDS circuit. The band gap reference (BGR) circuit generates a reference voltage proportional to a temperature. The voltage generation unit generates a first voltage... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104230 | Image Pick-Up Module And Method For Producing An Image Pick-Up Module An image pick-up module and method for producing an image pick-up module. An image pick-up module, particularly for installation in an endoscope, the image pick-up module having an electronic image sensor, a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a cable.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104234 | IMAGE PICKUP CIRCUIT An image pickup circuit including a plurality of circuit blocks. Each of the plurality of circuit blocks includes a plurality of comparing elements, a single counter, and a plurality of storage units. Each of the comparing elements compares a pixel signal supplied throu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105670 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array, a first color filter, a second color filter, and a light shielding portion. The amount of electric charges generated in a first pixel after light of a first wavelength enters the first pixel is larger than that of elect... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081589 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM An imaging device includes: a pixel array section functioning as a light receiving section which includes photoelectric conversion devices and in which a plurality of pixels, which output electric signals when photons are incident, are disposed in an array; a sensing ci... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069228 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD A photoelectric conversion apparatus having a pixel array region and a peripheral region includes a pixel array, a readout unit, an output unit, a plurality of output lines, and a color filter layer which is arranged in the pixel array region and the peripheral region a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069342 | MEMS Microdisplay Optical Imaging and Sensor Systems for Underwater Scattering Environments An imaging or sensor system comprises a transmitter assembly, a receiver assembly and a control unit. The transmitter assembly defines an outgoing optical beam transmission path with respect to a target surface and the receiver assembly defines a return optical signal t... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068050 | MULTI PIXEL PHOTO DETECTOR ARRAY OF GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES A multi-pixel photodetector array may include a semiconductor substrate having a back side and a front side, Geiger mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) on the semiconductor substrate, each including an anode contact, and a common cathode for the GM-APDs and having a fi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068049 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR There is provided a photoelectric conversion device utilizing surface plasmons, including: a plate-shaped light receiving portion which made of metal, provided on a most superficial surface of the photoelectric conversion device, and having a front surface and a rear su... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068051 | Method Of Driving An Image Sensor In a method of driving an image sensor, incident light is converted into electric charges in a photoelectric conversion region during a first operation mode. At least one of collected electric charges and overflowed electric charges is accumulated in a floating diffusio... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050560 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes signal processing units that are provided in correspondence with columns of a pixel array and that have at least a plurality of analog-to-digital converters that convert signals output from pixels into digital signals, an ou... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050597 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a pixel output unit shared by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050593 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes signal processing units having a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, a first output unit having a plurality of first output terminals and include first output blocks provided in correspondence with the first output te... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050598 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a pixel output unit shared by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049041 | SWITCHED RAIL CIRCUITRY AND MODIFIED CELL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE A switched rail circuitry and modified cell structure is provided. More specifically, switched rail pixels with pull-up circuitry and a method of manufacture is provided. The pixel sensor circuit includes a switched rail line having a pull-up transistor, wherein the pul... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049044 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels each including a hybrid photoelectric conversion portion and pixel transistors, wherein the hybrid photoelectric conversion portion includes a semiconductor layer having a p-n junction, a plurality of columnar or cylindrical... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050715 | IMAGING DEVICE Disclosed is an apparatus and method for imaging a target area. Light is emitted from a device and separated into individual rays of light. These rays are then directed to a target area where they are reflected and returned to a receiving device. The time of flight for ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049045 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050594 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM In a first reset period, electrons on a floating node shared by conversion elements are reset by a sequence of reset voltages before electrons in the first conversion element are transferred to the floating node for common use. In a second reset period, electrons on the... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049042 | Pixel Array, Read Out Circuit Therefor, Read Out Architecture Associated Therewith, Image Sensor And System Including The Same In one embodiment of a pixel array, the pixel array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in columns, and a plurality of read out lines are associated with the plurality of pixels such that each column of pixels has at least two read out lines associated therewith. Fo... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049043 | IMAGE SENSOR CELL, IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY INCLUDING PLURALITY OF THE IMAGE SENSOR CELLS, AND CAMERA SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR An image sensor cell, wherein at least one of a plurality of transistors included in image sensor cell is a recess transistor having a channel region recessed into a substrate. The image sensor cell includes an image charge generating unit for generating an image charge... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049046 | VARIABLE QUANTIZATION ADC FOR IMAGE SENSORS An A/D converter suitable for use in a system in which the signal power of noise increases with the signal power of the signal, such as an imaging system, utilizes a variable quantization system for converting analog signals into digital signals. The variable quantizati... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050595 | INCREASING READOUT SPEED IN CMOS APS SENSORS THROUGH GROUP READOUT A method and associated architecture for dividing column readout circuitry in an active pixel sensor in a manner which reduces the parasitic capacitance on the readout line. In a preferred implementation, column readout circuits are grouped and provided with group signa... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050600 | UNIT PIXEL ARRAY AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING THE SAME A unit pixel array of an image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of unit pixels, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a front side of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on a back side of the semiconductor ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043456 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE A solid-state image pickup device may include: an image pickup unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix; a sample-and-hold unit having a switch element and a capacitance element; a frequency conversion unit in which a plurality of stages of inverting... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044341 | OPTOFLUIDIC MICROSCOPE SYSTEM-ON-CHIP An integrated circuit may contain image sensor pixels. Channels containing a fluid with samples such as cells may be formed on top of the image sensor. Control circuitry may be formed on the integrated circuit. The image sensor pixels may form light sensors and imagers.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044415 | IMAGE PICKUP MODULE AND CAMERA An image pickup module includes a cover member, an image pickup device chip including photodiodes, a fixing member which is arranged around the image pickup device chip and which connects the cover member and the image pickup device chip together, a rewiring substrate a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043455 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES A photodetector is described along with corresponding materials, systems, and methods. The photodetector comprises an integrated circuit and at least two optically sensitive layers. A first optically sensitive layer is over at least a portion of the integrated circuit, ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037818 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIA FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCE EMISSION DATA Exemplary embodiments of a computer-accessible medium, method and system for providing information are provided. A first detection arrangement can be provided which can be configured to detect electro-magnetic radiations from a fluorescent particle(s) in a portion of a ... | 02/16/2012 |
