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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- 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
- H01L27/14601—Structural or functional details thereof
- H01L27/14609—Pixel-elements with integrated switching, control, storage or amplification elements
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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
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US26560001P | 2001-02-02 | 2001-02-02 | |
US60/265,600 | 2001-02-02 |
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WO2002063691A2 WO2002063691A2 (en) | 2002-08-15 |
WO2002063691A3 true WO2002063691A3 (en) | 2002-10-10 |
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Citations (3)
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JPH11312797A (en) * | 1998-04-27 | 1999-11-09 | Natl Science Council Of Roc | Active pixel image sensor |
JP2000050163A (en) * | 1998-06-27 | 2000-02-18 | Hyundai Electronics Ind Co Ltd | Image sensor with wide dynamic range |
WO2001078150A1 (en) * | 2000-04-07 | 2001-10-18 | Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique S.A. | Active cell with analog storage for a cmos technology photosensitive sensor |
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JPH11312797A (en) * | 1998-04-27 | 1999-11-09 | Natl Science Council Of Roc | Active pixel image sensor |
JP2000050163A (en) * | 1998-06-27 | 2000-02-18 | Hyundai Electronics Ind Co Ltd | Image sensor with wide dynamic range |
WO2001078150A1 (en) * | 2000-04-07 | 2001-10-18 | Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique Et De Microtechnique S.A. | Active cell with analog storage for a cmos technology photosensitive sensor |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 02 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29) * |
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 05 14 September 2000 (2000-09-14) * |
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