发明名称 Row driver for selectively supplying operating power to imager pixel
摘要 An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to each row of a pixel array by a row driver. Each pixel includes a source follower transistor that provides an output signal on a column output line for readout. An anti-blooming transistor may be linked to each pixel's photosensor to provide an overflow path for electrons during charge integration, prior to transfer of charge to the pixel's storage node by a transfer transistor. Electrons not produced by an image are introduced to the photosensor prior to image acquisition, filling traps in the photosensor to reduce image degradation.
申请公布号 US7196304(B2) 申请公布日期 2007.03.27
申请号 US20040766012 申请日期 2004.01.29
申请人 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 发明人 ALTICE, JR. PETER P.;BRUCE JEFFREY;MCKEE JEFF A.;SHAH JOEY;MAURITZSON RICHARD A.
分类号 H01L27/00;H04N5/359 主分类号 H01L27/00
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