发明名称 |
High voltage reset method for increasing the dynamic range of a CMOS image sensor |
摘要 |
A circuit and method for increasing the dynamic range of CMOS image sensors designed with a thin gate oxide layer. The circuit includes a high voltage supply circuit and a high voltage level shifter circuit. The high voltage supply circuit is configured to supply a voltage to the shifter circuit. The voltage has a voltage level higher than the maximum supply voltage of the associated fabrication process. The shifter circuit is configured to output a high reset signal based on a reset signal generated to reset a pixel circuit of a pixel array. Instead of the reset signal, the high reset signal is coupled to a gate of the reset transistor in the pixel circuit. The high reset signal allows the reset transistor to maintain a gate to source potential less than the maximum supply voltage even when the high reset signal is greater than the maximum supply voltage.
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申请公布号 |
US6864920(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.03.08 |
申请号 |
US20010939217 |
申请日期 |
2001.08.24 |
申请人 |
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
发明人 |
KINDT WILLEM J.;PHAN CHRISTINA P.;GUPTA SHIVANI |
分类号 |
H04N5/335;H04N5/355;H04N5/374;H04N5/376;(IPC1-7):H04N5/335 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/335 |
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