AU2001292902A1 - Imager with adjustable resolution - Google Patents

Imager with adjustable resolution

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Publication number
AU2001292902A1
AU2001292902A1 AU2001292902A AU9290201A AU2001292902A1 AU 2001292902 A1 AU2001292902 A1 AU 2001292902A1 AU 2001292902 A AU2001292902 A AU 2001292902A AU 9290201 A AU9290201 A AU 9290201A AU 2001292902 A1 AU2001292902 A1 AU 2001292902A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
imager
adjustable resolution
resolution
adjustable
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Abandoned
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AU2001292902A
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Inventor
Markus Loose
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Teledyne Scientific and Imaging LLC
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Innovative Technology Licensing LLC
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/14601—Structural or functional details thereof
    • H01L27/14609—Pixel-elements with integrated switching, control, storage or amplification elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/14643—Photodiode arrays; MOS imagers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/42—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by switching between different modes of operation using different resolutions or aspect ratios, e.g. switching between interlaced and non-interlaced mode
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/46—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by combining or binning pixels

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
AU2001292902A 2000-09-27 2001-09-20 Imager with adjustable resolution Abandoned AU2001292902A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09671409 2000-09-27
US09/671,409 US6759641B1 (en) 2000-09-27 2000-09-27 Imager with adjustable resolution
PCT/US2001/029543 WO2002028095A2 (en) 2000-09-27 2001-09-20 Imager with adjustable resolution

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AU2001292902A1 true AU2001292902A1 (en) 2002-04-08

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Country Status (6)

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US (1) US6759641B1 (zh)
EP (1) EP1320993B1 (zh)
JP (1) JP4112974B2 (zh)
AU (1) AU2001292902A1 (zh)
TW (1) TW535415B (zh)
WO (1) WO2002028095A2 (zh)

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WO2002028095A3 (en) 2002-06-06
JP4112974B2 (ja) 2008-07-02
EP1320993B1 (en) 2009-03-11
EP1320993A2 (en) 2003-06-25
TW535415B (en) 2003-06-01
US6759641B1 (en) 2004-07-06
WO2002028095A2 (en) 2002-04-04

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