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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184188 | Methods and apparatus for high dynamic operation of a pixel cell A pixel circuit providing high dynamic operation, and methods of operating the pixel circuit providing for high dynamic operation. Methods include a lateral overflow and a double exposure mode, and a pixel output signal is determined according to whether a photosens... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184189 | Image sensing device and image sensing system The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light shielding layer that is arranged above the semiconductor substrate and shields an optical black region and a peripheral region from light; a first capacitance element that is arranged between the l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179468 | Integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller A method and apparatus providing a CMOS imager with an integrated controller on a common integrated circuit substrate. Also integrated on the common substrate are, a serializer circuit including a dynamic arbiter under the control of the microcontroller core and a s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179465 | Solid-state imaging device and camera system A solid-state imaging device and a camera system are provided. The solid-state imaging device capable of performing an intermittent operation includes a pixel unit and a pixel signal readout unit for reading out a pixel signal from the pixel unit in units of a plura... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179467 | Analog-signal processing circuit for improving accuracy of arithmetic mean of signals In a first signal conversion circuit, a first electrode of a first capacitor is connected to a first signal line, and a second electrode thereof is connected to a first node. In a second capacitor, a third electrode thereof is connected to a second signal line, and ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179466 | Capture of video with motion-speed determination and variable capture rate A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, includes capturing a video of the scene; determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of the video of the scene with respect to the speed of motion within a sec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179469 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system having the apparatus In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179464 | Circuit and method for reading out and resetting pixels of an image sensor A circuit for resetting and reading out a pixel cell of a CMOS image sensor is proposed. The circuit allows for reading out the pixel cell at least two times during a main integration interval, thereby generating at least two pixel signals. The circuit further compr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174604 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises first accumulation units, of which number is n, holding a digital value of n-bits output from a counter, second accumulation units, of which number is n, holding the digital value of n-bits transferred from the first accumul... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174601 | Image sensor with controllable transfer gate off state voltage levels A CMOS image sensor or other type of image sensor comprises a pixel array and a signal generator coupled to the pixel array. The pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels each having a photosensitive element coupled to a transfer gate. The signal generator is conf... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174603 | Image sensors and methods with antiblooming channels and two side driving of control signals An image sensor of various embodiments includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a pixel having a photodiode and a transfer gate. The pixel array in various embodiments further includes an antiblooming channel extending from the photodiode to either (i) a pix... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174602 | Image sensing system and method utilizing a MOSFET A unit cell includes a MOSFET and an integration capacitor. The MOSFET includes a source, a drain, and a gate. The drain is coupled to the source, and the MOSFET is operable to store a first portion of an electric charge corresponding to a detected light intensity. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169524 | Image sensing apparatus with pixel readout correction An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array; a plurality of column signal lines; a readout unit; a driving unit that, in a transferring period for the readout unit to transfer pixel signals of columns in a first row to the output line, supplies to the pixel ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169523 | Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion portion; a floating diffusion region; a transfer gate electrode made of an n-type semiconductor; a sidewall made of an n-type semiconductor formed on the photoelectric conversion portion side of the t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169525 | Image sensing device and image sensing system An image sensing device comprises a readout unit, an output amplifier, and a horizontal scanning unit, wherein the horizontal scanning unit scans a plurality of column signal holding circuits in a plurality of holding blocks in the readout unit in a direction along ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169522 | Imaging devices, systems and methods An imaging device comprises a semiconductor substrate including an array of pixel cells. Each pixel cell comprising an individually addressable pixel circuit for accumulating charge resulting from radiation incident on a pixel detector. The pixel circuit and the pix... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164667 | Image sensing device and image sensing method An image sensing device and image sensing method is described, in which an interrupt circuit is disposed to interrupt a clock signal input to a logic circuit not associated with the reading of image data when the image data is read, so as to temporarily interrupt th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164666 | Device and method for providing a reference signal A device that includes a pixel array, an interfacing circuit and a sample and hold circuit. The interfacing circuit directs to at least one pixel of the pixel array a sampled voltage that is outputted from the sample and hold circuit. The sample and hold circuit inc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164665 | Method and apparatus for controlling pixel sensor elements An imaging method and system that flexibly accesses light, sensor elements and processes imaging signals. The imaging system comprises an array of pixel sensor cells, an array controller and a readout control circuit. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164668 | Photoelectric conversion device and image capturing system A photoelectric conversion device includes an isolation portion defining an active region, a photoelectric converter arranged in the active region and including a charge accumulation region containing an impurity of a first conductivity type, a charge voltage conver... | 04/24/2012 |
| RE43314 | Compact active pixel with low-noise image formation A low-noise active pixel circuit is disclosed that efficiently suppresses reset (kTC) noise by using a compact preamplifier consisting of a photodetector and only three transistors of identical polarity, in conjunction with ancillary circuits located on an imager's ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159586 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having unit pixels arranged into a two-dimensional matrix, each unit pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section for effecting a photoelectric conversion and an amplification section for amplifying a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159587 | Pixel read circuitry A method of reading voltages from an image sensor having an array of pixels, each pixel Having at least one photodiode connectable to a storage node, the method including: controlling each pixel in a row of pixels to store and output a first voltage value at a first... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159588 | Exposure control for image sensors An imaging system utilizes an exposure control circuit to control the length of an exposure in full frame mode. The exposure control circuit receives as an input the antiblooming current from at least a representative sample of pixels and determines when to end an e... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159585 | Image sensor pixel with gain control A method for reading out an image signal, the method comprising: providing at least two photosensitive regions; providing at least two transfer gates respectively associated with each photosensitive region; providing a common charge-to-voltage conversion region elec... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154641 | Solid-state image pickup device and radiation image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device according to the present invention has a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a plurality of switching elements. The photoelectric conversion element is formed above at least one switching element, and a shielding elec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149311 | Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel including controlled by a high voltage; a reference high voltage generator for generating a reference high voltage; and a high voltage output unit for generating the high voltage by using the reference high voltage as an ope... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149312 | CMOS image sensor with shared sensing node A CMOS image sensor has a pixel array provided with a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix shape of rows and columns. Each of the unit pixel includes a photocharge generation means for generating photocharges by absorbing an external light; and a sensing no... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144228 | Image sensor having a ramp generator and method for calibrating a ramp slope value of a ramp signal An apparatus and method for calibrating a ramp slope value of a ramp signal to increase the accuracy of the slope of the ramp signal used within CMOS image sensors. An image sensor includes an active pixel sensor (APS) array, a ramp signal generator and an analog-to... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144227 | Image pickup device and image pickup result outputting method The present invention is applied to an image pickup device with a CMOS solid-state image pickup element, in which an analog-to-digital conversion circuit is disposed in a surface on an opposite side from an image pickup surface in a semiconductor chip 2. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139133 | Photoelectric conversion device In a photoelectric conversion device, a first metal wiring layer and a second metal wiring layer are arranged on a semiconductor substrate that includes a pixel region where a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, each pixel including at least a photoelectric... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139134 | Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel including controlled by a high voltage; a reference high voltage generator for generating a reference high voltage; and a high voltage output unit for generating the high voltage by using the reference high voltage as an ope... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134626 | Solid-state imaging device, method of driving a solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes, on a substrate, a lower electrode, a photoelectric converting layer that is disposed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode that is disposed on the photoelectric converting layer. The device further includes: a boosting... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134625 | Solid-state imaging device, camera, and electronic device Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes an imaging region including pixels arranged two-dimensionally, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element and a plurality of pixel transistors for reading out signals outputted from the ph... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134624 | Method and apparatus providing multiple exposure high dynamic range sensor Imagers reproduce an image by converting photons to a signal that is representative of the image. A sensor readout module reads reset and signal voltages corresponding to a plurality of integration times for each of a plurality of pixels. The sensor readout module i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130301 | Split trunk pixel layout A pixel array architecture having multiple pixel cells arranged in a split trunk pixel layout and sharing common pixel cell components. The array architecture increases the fill factor, and in turn, the quantum efficiency of the pixel cells. The common pixel cell co... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130304 | Image sensors with pixel charge summing An image sensor has an array of pixels of different colors. The pixels may be arranged in a repeating pattern of eight pixels having four rows and two columns. During charge summing operations, the first and third rows may share a floating diffusion and the second a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130302 | Methods and apparatus providing selective binning of pixel circuits A pixel circuit configured for optionally connecting the floating diffusion region of the pixel circuit to a floating diffusion region of another pixel circuit. Methods of using the pixel circuit include averaging or summing multiple photosensor outputs in the combi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130303 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, each pixel containing an amplification section for outputting onto an output signal line, and a reset section for resetting an accumulation section; a noise suppressing section ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130300 | Imager method and apparatus having combined select signals An imaging device and method for operating the device. The device comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and a plurality of readout circuits for the pixels. A reset circuit in one readout circuit is simultaneously operated ... | 03/06/2012 |
