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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120684 | Solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing same Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including: a photoelectric conversion section configured to convert incident light into a signal charge; a transfer transistor configured to read the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion section and tr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7990453 | Solid-state image sensor and signal processing method thereof A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel section that outputs a signal charge subjected to photoelectric conversion by each of a plurality of photoelectric transducers, a conversion circuit that converts an output signal from the pixel section into a digital sign... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7916196 | Image sensing microelectronic device with asynchronous analog-to-digital converter An analog/digital converter device associated with a detector of an image sensor, including: a comparator capable of receiving the analog signal and delivering a two-states output signal, able to adopt, depending on the analog signal, a first stable state or a secon... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7408683 | Image sensor for reading image and image reading apparatus including the image sensor An image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a main scanning direction, a plurality of switching elements connected to respective ones of the photoelectric conversion elements, individually, and a controller for generating a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7332703 | Imaging structure including a pixel with multiple signal readout circuits and methods of operation for imaging structure A pixel cell allows both correlated double sampling (CDS) and automatic light control (ALC) operations through a non-destructive, parallel readout. An image sensor may include an array of pixel cells, some or all of which include a photosensor with two readout circu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7289148 | Devices and methods for improving the image quality in an image sensor The present invention is related to an image sensor comprising an array of rows (i) and columns (j) of pixels (Xij), all the pixels of one column of the array being connected to at least one common pixel output line (Ij) having at least one mem... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286170 | Solid-state image sensor, camera using the same, camera control system, and signal output device A solid-state image sensor has a sensor array that includes an array of pixel cells. The solid-state image sensor sequentially selects one line from plural lines of the sensor array and sequentially reads out signal charge and reset levels of pixel photosensor cells... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7095440 | Photodiode-type pixel for global electronic shutter and reduced lag Operation for global electronic shutter photodiode-type pixels. In a first mode of operation, lag is reduced through global reset of the photodiode array and fixed pattern noise is eliminated through comparison of the photosignal level and the reset level of the flo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088394 | Charge mode active pixel sensor read-out circuit An apparatus such as an imager includes groups of sensors each of which includes subgroups of sensors. Subgroup select circuits are coupled to outputs from respective subgroups of sensors, and group select circuits are coupled to outputs from subgroup select circuit... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7057655 | Amplifying solid-state imaging device, and method for driving the same By providing dummy pixels separately from effective pixels, the total number of pixel rows is equalized with the number of horizontal sync signals included in one frame interval (which is called an “HD number”). A period during which a reset signal for an electr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6856349 | Method and apparatus for controlling exposure of a CMOS sensor array A method for controlling the CMOS sensor array containing the first CMOS sensor cell, including the steps of receiving the clock signal and generating the first address; generating the reset signal to the first CMOS sensor cell based on the first address; calculatin... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6486926 | Adaptable raster distortion correction system for multiple horizontal scanning frequencies A memory and a switchable digital filter supply different numbers of digital distortion correction values. The supplied distortion correction values are converted to an analog distortion correction signal. A passive, analog low pass filter for the analog ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6005237 | Solid-state imaging apparatus which produces a sequentially-scanned video signal A solid-state imaging apparatus produces a sequentially-scanned video signal without using an expensive scanning converter. In the apparatus, an imaging device produces an image signal of each line based on the summation of signal charges of two adjacent ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5880460 | Active pixel sensor cell that reduces noise in the photo information extracted from the cell The noise in the photo information output from a CMOS-based active pixel sensor cell is reduced by setting the voltage on the output of the cell to a predetermined voltage, such as ground or the power supply voltage, each time the cell is read prior to th... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5844598 | CCD based optical detector for a confocal microscope An optical detector includes a charge-coupled device (CCD). The CCD comprises an active cell for receiving a narrow beam of incident illumination and generating photoelectrons in response thereto, and a first stage readout register comprising a row of N t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5717199 | Collective charge reading and injection in random access charge transfer devices Random access charge transfer devices are provided in which it is possible to simultaneously read electric charge that is stored within each detection element (pixel) that is in one of any desired combination of columns and that is also in one of any desi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5343297 | Charge amplifier with precise, integer gain In an array of charge injection device (CID) detectors, integer amplification is incorporated into each respective detector of the array. The amplifier for each CID detector in the array performs multiple nondestructive readouts. This provides a gain of N... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5317407 | Fixed-pattern noise correction circuitry for solid-state imager An analog line store comprises a bank of storage capacitors n in number, an n:1 read multiplexer for sequentially sampling from the n storage capacitors as part of a read-then-write operation, a 1:n write multiplexer for sequentially sampling to the n sto... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5171994 | Infrared staring imaging array Monolithic InSb array devices are described for staring infrared imaging systems operating in the 3-5 μm spectral region. These devices are fabricated with only 4 mask levels compared to 5 mask levels for prior devices and have higher output dynamic rang... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4942473 | Intelligent scan image sensor An intelligent scan image sensor including a two-dimensional solid-state array of addressable imaging cells arranged for exposure to an image, where each cell includes a photosensitive diode and a sample and hold unit. The diode accumulates an electrical ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4893186 | Image pickup device with exposure control based on pixel samples Image pickup device comprising a matrix having horizontal rows and vertical columns of image pickup elements and having means supplying clock signals to the matrix of pickup elements in order to shift image information in the column direction in the time ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4862276 | Push-pull readout of dual gate CID arrays The invention relates to charge injection devices (CID) for sensing IR image intensity information obtained from a two dimensional array of dual-gate sensing sites on an InSb or HgCdTe substrate, and more particularly to a novel push-pull readout circuit ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4843473 | Charge injection device with low noise readout A charge injection imaging device comprises low bandwidth, low noise performance column amplifiers serially connected to respective charge coupled device storage lines. Image and/or noise defining electronic information signals are retrieved from the char... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4833515 | Imaging devices comprising photovoltaic detector elements In an imaging device, photocurrent generated by photovoltaic detector elements (1), e.g. cadmium mercury telluride photodiodes, is integrated in resettable capacitors (2), and an output signal (S) is derived by reading the potential of the capacitor (2) a... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4807038 | CID image sensor with parallel reading of all cells in each sensing array row A charge injection device image sensor, having increased sensitivity and dynamic range, utilizes a two-dimensional array of cells having m rows each with n cells arranged in n columns. A video preamplifier is connected to each associated column to amplify... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4768098 | CID imager with reduced crosstalk and method for operation thereof A charge-injection-device imager, having reduced crosstalk in a two-dimensional array of pixels each of which stores charge responsive to impingent light photons and until injection occurs, has: a column scanner for cyclically scanning each successive col... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4763198 | Interline transfer CCD sensor with a CID readout stage An image sensor in which charge is transferred from an array of photosensing elements to a plurality of vertical CCDs arranged between columns of the photosensing element. The CCD channels are all gated near their ends by a first MOS electrode. Thereafter... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4734776 | Readout circuit for an optical sensing charge injection device facilitating an extended dynamic range The invention relates to a charge injection device for optical sensing including a novel readout circuit facilitating an extended dynamic range. The invention has primary application to linear arrays for IR sensing. Sensitive, low-level operation is achieved i... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4689688 | CID image sensor with a preamplifier for each sensing array row A charge injection device image sensor, having increased sensitivity and dynamic range, uses a two dimensional array of cells having m rows each with n cells arranged in n columns. Peripheral electronics first reset all cells along each of the columns, th... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4682236 | Read and clear readout circuit and method of operation of an IR sensing charge injection device The invention relates to a read and clear readout circuit and a method of operation of an IR sensing array. The invention eliminates "readout circuit lag" which reduces transient response for an individual sensor, and reduces angular resolution of an arra... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4652766 | Direct coupled charge injection readout circuit and readout method for an IR sensing charge injection device The invention relates to an improved readout circuit and readout method for an IR sensing array. The invention, given a limited time interval for reading out the signal from a sensor element in an array of sensor elements, permits a longer time to be devo... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4617595 | Process and apparatus for analyzing a photosensitive device having an interline-transfer structure In a light sensitive device having an interline transfer structure comprising a photosensitive matrix of N columns of M photosensitive points each photosensitive point of a single column is connected to a stage of a charge transfer shift register that tra... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4612578 | Imager system for non-destructive profile read-out A method and apparatus for obtaining a profile read-out of an object in a field of view of a solid-state imager without destruction of the image data at the imager. In an application using a CID imager, X-axis and Y-axis projections of the array are obtai... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4609943 | Device photosensitive to infra-red radiation In a device photosensitive to infra-red radiation each infra-red detector is associated with means enabling the injection into a semiconductor substrate of a quantity of charges representing a function of the infra-red radiation received by the detector, ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4532549 | Solid-state imaging device with high quasi-signal sweep-out efficiency and high signal charge transfer efficiency Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device wherein optical information of a number of photo-electric conversion elements arranged in a matrix is read into vertical signal lines by a vertical shift register and then the optical information on the vertical s... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4434441 | Method for driving a charge injection device A charge injection device sensing an optical radiation pattern is driven at an operation sequence where the charge holding mode is inserted between the charge storing/readout mode and the charge injection mode. The charge holding period is effective for p... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4430672 | Photosensitive device read by charge transfer This device incorporates a photosensitive (1) constituted by a matrix of photosensitive points. Each photosensitive point has a charge reading diode D1. Metallic connections (C1 to C4) connect the reading diodes of the sam... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4399464 | Signal processor for an array of CID radiation detector elements A signal processor for an array of charge injection device (CID) radiation detector elements is disclosed. An integration time control system effectively increases the dynamic range of the detector array by varying the integration times of the detector el... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4387402 | Charge injection imaging device for faithful (dynamic) scene representation A charge injection device array is fabricated, having one row of devices optically opaqued. Device outputs are read using a correlated double sample technique. The voltage of an entire column of devices with a selected row addressed is measured. The same ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4385321 | Correlated triple sampling circuit A device for cyclically sampling the output voltage of a column of electrodes in a two-dimensional array of radiation detectors. The device samples the column voltage three times within a cycle and combines these samples in a manner which cancels out any ... | 05/24/1983 |
