发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DARK CURRENT AND HOT PIXEL REDUCTION IN ACTIVE PIXEL IMAGE SENSORS |
摘要 |
A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path for dark current electrons to be transferred to a pixel floating diffusion region. The dark electrons are subsequently removed by a pixel reset operation. If a small negative voltage is applied to the transfer gate, electrons that would normally create dark current problems will instead recombine with holes thereby substantially reducing dark current.
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申请公布号 |
US2008266435(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.10.30 |
申请号 |
US20080127706 |
申请日期 |
2008.05.27 |
申请人 |
AGRANOV GENNADIY;LI XIANGLI;ALTICE PETER PARKER;MAURITZSON RICK |
发明人 |
AGRANOV GENNADIY;LI XIANGLI;ALTICE PETER PARKER;MAURITZSON RICK |
分类号 |
H01L27/146;H04N5/361;H04N5/374;H04N5/376 |
主分类号 |
H01L27/146 |
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