TW200731525A - Pixel and CMOS image sensor including the same - Google Patents
Pixel and CMOS image sensor including the sameInfo
- Publication number
- TW200731525A TW200731525A TW095148818A TW95148818A TW200731525A TW 200731525 A TW200731525 A TW 200731525A TW 095148818 A TW095148818 A TW 095148818A TW 95148818 A TW95148818 A TW 95148818A TW 200731525 A TW200731525 A TW 200731525A
- Authority
- TW
- Taiwan
- Prior art keywords
- diffusion region
- floating diffusion
- pixel
- voltage
- same
- Prior art date
Links
- 238000009792 diffusion process Methods 0.000 abstract 6
- 239000003990 capacitor Substances 0.000 abstract 1
Classifications
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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
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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
- H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
- H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
- H04N25/59—Control of the dynamic range by controlling the amount of charge storable in the pixel, e.g. modification of the charge conversion ratio of the floating node capacitance
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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
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Multimedia (AREA)
- Signal Processing (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
- Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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KR1020050131888A KR100660905B1 (ko) | 2005-12-28 | 2005-12-28 | Cmos 이미지 센서 |
Publications (1)
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TW200731525A true TW200731525A (en) | 2007-08-16 |
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TW095148818A TW200731525A (en) | 2005-12-28 | 2006-12-25 | Pixel and CMOS image sensor including the same |
Country Status (3)
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US (1) | US20070145447A1 (zh) |
KR (1) | KR100660905B1 (zh) |
TW (1) | TW200731525A (zh) |
Families Citing this family (8)
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JP4467542B2 (ja) * | 2006-06-15 | 2010-05-26 | 日本テキサス・インスツルメンツ株式会社 | 固体撮像装置 |
US8896733B2 (en) * | 2011-01-21 | 2014-11-25 | Aptina Imaging Corporation | Imaging system with automatic conversion gain selection |
JP2014204364A (ja) * | 2013-04-08 | 2014-10-27 | ソニー株式会社 | 固体撮像素子および駆動方法、並びに電子機器 |
US9277147B2 (en) | 2013-08-23 | 2016-03-01 | Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc | Multimode pixel readout for enhanced dynamic range |
US9456153B2 (en) * | 2015-01-18 | 2016-09-27 | Pixart Imaging (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. | Pixel image non-uniformity compensation method based on capacitance trimming and image sensor having pixels with variable capacitors for non-uniformity compensation |
TWI572023B (zh) * | 2015-04-15 | 2017-02-21 | 力晶科技股份有限公司 | Cmos影像感測單元及其製造方法 |
US10347681B2 (en) * | 2016-02-19 | 2019-07-09 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Imaging device |
KR102559953B1 (ko) | 2016-06-13 | 2023-07-28 | 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사 | 플로팅 확산 영역의 전압 변동 리드아웃 장치 및 그 방법과 그를 이용한 씨모스 이미지 센서 |
Family Cites Families (3)
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US5952686A (en) * | 1997-12-03 | 1999-09-14 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Salient integration mode active pixel sensor |
US6046444A (en) * | 1997-12-08 | 2000-04-04 | Intel Corporation | High sensitivity active pixel with electronic shutter |
US7847847B2 (en) * | 2005-01-27 | 2010-12-07 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Structure for CMOS image sensor with a plurality of capacitors |
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2005
- 2005-12-28 KR KR1020050131888A patent/KR100660905B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
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2006
- 2006-12-25 TW TW095148818A patent/TW200731525A/zh unknown
- 2006-12-26 US US11/645,171 patent/US20070145447A1/en not_active Abandoned
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US20070145447A1 (en) | 2007-06-28 |
KR100660905B1 (ko) | 2006-12-26 |
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