AU3074899A - Readout circuit with gain and analog-to-digital conversion for image sensor - Google Patents

Readout circuit with gain and analog-to-digital conversion for image sensor

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AU3074899A
AU3074899A AU30748/99A AU3074899A AU3074899A AU 3074899 A AU3074899 A AU 3074899A AU 30748/99 A AU30748/99 A AU 30748/99A AU 3074899 A AU3074899 A AU 3074899A AU 3074899 A AU3074899 A AU 3074899A
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gain
analog
image sensor
digital conversion
readout circuit
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Abandoned
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AU30748/99A
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Alexander I. Krymski
Barmak Mansoorian
Roger Panicacci
Barna Sandor
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Photobit Corp
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Photobit Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H04N23/76—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene by influencing the image signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/67—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/75—Circuitry for providing, modifying or processing image signals from the pixel array
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/767—Horizontal readout lines, multiplexers or registers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
AU30748/99A 1998-03-09 1999-03-09 Readout circuit with gain and analog-to-digital conversion for image sensor Abandoned AU3074899A (en)

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US7759998P 1998-03-09 1998-03-09
US60077599 1998-03-09
PCT/US1999/005181 WO1999046851A1 (en) 1998-03-09 1999-03-09 Readout circuit with gain and analog-to-digital conversion for image sensor

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AU3074899A true AU3074899A (en) 1999-09-27

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