WO2002063691A3 - Active pixel cell with charge storage - Google Patents

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WO2002063691A3
WO2002063691A3 PCT/CA2002/000051 CA0200051W WO02063691A3 WO 2002063691 A3 WO2002063691 A3 WO 2002063691A3 CA 0200051 W CA0200051 W CA 0200051W WO 02063691 A3 WO02063691 A3 WO 02063691A3
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pixel cell
transistor
active pixel
charge storage
source follower
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Jaremi Witewski
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Symagery Microsystems Inc
Jaremi Witewski
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14Devices 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
    • H01L27/144Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146Imager structures
    • H01L27/14601Structural or functional details thereof
    • H01L27/14609Pixel-elements with integrated switching, control, storage or amplification elements
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components

Abstract

A CMOS four-transistor active pixel cell (APC) for use in an image sensor array is described. It includes an additional PMOS transistor with in a standard three-transistor pixel cell. The PMOS transistor acts as a typical switch to either connect or disconnect the photodiode capacitance and the gate capacitance of the three-transistor pixel cell source follower, and further reduces the photo-current discharging of the gate capacitance during the storage time. This time is dependent on the physical characteristics of the source follower transistor.
PCT/CA2002/000051 2001-02-02 2002-01-17 Active pixel cell with charge storage WO2002063691A2 (en)

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