发明名称 Cmos active pixel image sensor with extended dynamic range and sensitivity
摘要 <p>A semiconductor based X-Y addressable imager having an imaging array with a plurality of the pixels within the X-Y addressable imager, a photodetector within each of the plurality of pixels configured to sense a first bandwidth of light, a sense node within each of the pixels configured to sense a second bandwidth of light, a reset mechanism operatively configured to the photodetector and the sense node to allow resetting each of the photodetector and the sense node to a predetermined potential, the sense node being formed such that it does not have a light shield allowing the sense node to act as a second photodetector, and a transfer mechanism within each of plurality of pixels configured to transfer charge from the photodetector to the sense node. The X-Y addressable sensor in this embodiment can have either the first and second bandwidths being different, or the first and second bandwidths are the same. Another embodiment envisions the X-Y addressable imager is formed such that the bandwidth detected by the sense node and the photodetector is the same allowing for increased dynamic range of the photodetector. <IMAGE></p>
申请公布号 EP1119188(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.04.01
申请号 EP20010200017 申请日期 2001.01.08
申请人 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 发明人 GUIDASH, ROBERT MICHEL
分类号 H04N3/14;H04N5/335;H01L27/146;H04N5/30 主分类号 H04N3/14
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