GB2574619B - Image sensor - Google Patents

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GB2574619B
GB2574619B GB1809629.7A GB201809629A GB2574619B GB 2574619 B GB2574619 B GB 2574619B GB 201809629 A GB201809629 A GB 201809629A GB 2574619 B GB2574619 B GB 2574619B
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Priority to CN201980039016.4A priority patent/CN112262569B/zh
Priority to PCT/GB2019/051624 priority patent/WO2019239128A1/en
Priority to JP2020569016A priority patent/JP7391885B2/ja
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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
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
    • H04N25/771—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components comprising storage means other than floating diffusion
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
    • 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
    • H04N25/78—Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters

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GB1809629.7A GB2574619B (en) 2018-06-12 2018-06-12 Image sensor
EP19732092.2A EP3808072B1 (en) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 Image sensor
CN201980039016.4A CN112262569B (zh) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 图像传感器
PCT/GB2019/051624 WO2019239128A1 (en) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 Image sensor
JP2020569016A JP7391885B2 (ja) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 画像センサ
US17/251,004 US11627267B2 (en) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 Image sensor
KR1020207035783A KR20210020020A (ko) 2018-06-12 2019-06-12 이미지 센서

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EP3808072B1 (en) 2025-01-08
KR20210020020A (ko) 2021-02-23
WO2019239128A1 (en) 2019-12-19
CN112262569B (zh) 2024-06-21
JP7391885B2 (ja) 2023-12-05
CN112262569A (zh) 2021-01-22
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