JP4770926B2 - Cmosイメージセンサの出力ルーティング構造 - Google Patents
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20 画素アレイ
30 行デコーダ
40 ルーティングマトリクス
50 サンプルホールドアレイ
60 典型的な画素
70 フォトダイオード
80 転送ゲート
90 浮遊拡散領域
100 画素増幅トランジスタ
110 行選択トランジスタ
120 リセットゲートトランジスタ
130 デジタルカメラ
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- (a)アレイ状に配列された複数の画素であり、前記アレイはN個の出力ラインを含む、複数の画素;
(b)m個のサンプルホールドアレイであり、mは4以上の整数である、サンプルホールドアレイ;及び
(c)各スイッチがそれぞれの出力ラインとN/m個のバスのうちのそれぞれの1つとの間に接続された、第1の組のN個のスイッチと、各スイッチが前記N/m個のバスのうちのそれぞれの1つと前記m個のサンプルホールドアレイのうちのそれぞれの1つとの間に接続された、第2の組のN個のスイッチと、を有するルーティングマトリクスであり、前記複数の画素を電子的にグループ分けし、各グループ内の1つ以上の画素からの信号を所定の順序で時間的に順々にそれぞれのサンプルホールドアレイに送るルーティングマトリクス;
を有し、1つのグループ内の各信号は、各サンプルホールドアレイによって受信される信号が同一の色を含むように、異なるサンプルホールドアレイに送られる、CMOSイメージセンサ。 - 前記複数の画素はグループを成すように前記ルーティングマトリクスによって電子的に接続されており、前記ルーティングマトリクスは実質的な繰り返しパターン又は繰り返しパターンで前記複数のサンプルホールドアレイに信号を送り、前記繰り返しパターンは、特定の信号群が前記ルーティングマトリクスから実質的に同時に送り出されるように時間的に同期化されている、請求項1に記載のCMOSイメージセンサ。
- (a)アレイ状に配列された複数の画素であり、前記アレイはN個の出力ラインを含む、複数の画素;
(b)m個のサンプルホールドアレイであり、mは4以上の整数である、サンプルホールドアレイ;及び
(c)各スイッチがそれぞれの出力ラインとN/m個のバスのうちのそれぞれの1つとの間に接続された、第1組のN個のスイッチと、各スイッチが前記N/m個のバスのうちのそれぞれの1つと前記m個のサンプルホールドアレイのうちのそれぞれの1つとの間に接続された、第2組のN個のスイッチと、を有するルーティングマトリクスであり、前記複数の画素を電子的にグループ分けし、各グループ内の1つ以上の画素からの信号を所定の順序で時間的に順々にそれぞれのサンプルホールドアレイに送るルーティングマトリクス;
を有し、1つのグループ内の各信号は、各サンプルホールドアレイによって受信される信号が同一の色を含むように、異なるサンプルホールドアレイに送られる、CMOSイメージセンサ、
を有するデジタルカメラ。
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