DE69831072D1 - Gleichspannungsoffset- und verstärkungskorrektur für cmos-bildsensoren - Google Patents

Gleichspannungsoffset- und verstärkungskorrektur für cmos-bildsensoren

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DE69831072D1
DE69831072D1 DE69831072T DE69831072T DE69831072D1 DE 69831072 D1 DE69831072 D1 DE 69831072D1 DE 69831072 T DE69831072 T DE 69831072T DE 69831072 T DE69831072 T DE 69831072T DE 69831072 D1 DE69831072 D1 DE 69831072D1
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Jon Sauer
Alan Levine
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • H04N25/616—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise involving a correlated sampling function, e.g. correlated double sampling [CDS] or triple sampling
    • 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
    • H04N25/65—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to reset noise, e.g. KTC noise related to CMOS structures by techniques other than CDS
    • 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
    • H04N25/671—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response for non-uniformity detection or correction
    • H04N25/677—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response for non-uniformity detection or correction for reducing the column or line fixed pattern noise
    • 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
    • H04N25/766—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors comprising control or output lines used for a plurality of functions, e.g. for pixel output, driving, reset or power

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DE69831072T 1997-06-02 1998-06-02 Gleichspannungsoffset- und verstärkungskorrektur für cmos-bildsensoren Expired - Fee Related DE69831072T2 (de)

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US867654 1997-06-02
US08/867,654 US5969758A (en) 1997-06-02 1997-06-02 DC offset and gain correction for CMOS image sensor
PCT/US1998/011117 WO1998056170A1 (en) 1997-06-02 1998-06-02 Dc offset and gain correction for cmos image sensor

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EP (1) EP0986900B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4206134B2 (de)
KR (1) KR100572206B1 (de)
AU (1) AU7711598A (de)
DE (1) DE69831072T2 (de)
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WO (1) WO1998056170A1 (de)

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