M Frank - US Patent 9,077,917, 2015 - Google Patents
This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art that may be related to various aspects of the present disclosure, which are described and/or claimed below. This …
HD Li, P Lin - US Patent 8,913,153, 2014 - Google Patents
Electronic devices may include image sensors. Image sensors may be used to capture images having rows of long-exposure image pixel values that are interleaved with rows of …
J Solhusvik - US Patent 8,723,975, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention relates to image sensors and, more particularly, to imaging devices with image sensors that may be used to produce high-dynamic-range …
N Bock - US Patent 9,344,649, 2016 - Google Patents
An image sensor may include an array of image sensor pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each image pixel arranged along a given column may be coupled to analog-to …
I Hirota - US Patent 10,264,197, 2019 - Google Patents
International Search Report and Written Opinion of PCT Applica tion No. PCT/JP2016/052592, dated Mar. 15, 2016, 02 pages of English Translation and 07 pages of …
M Guidash, J Ladd - US Patent 10,567,683, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A pixel circuit within an integrated-circuit image sensor includes a photodiode having a pinning layer of a first conductivity type, a floating diffusion node and a …
J Luo, P Lin - US Patent 9,578,223, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods, devices, and computer program products for CMOS visible image sensors incorporating multiple image sensing elements with different integration times to extend …
G Kirsch - US Patent 9,013,615, 2015 - Google Patents
Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog …
SH Ha, JY Park - US Patent 10,015,423, 2018 - Google Patents
In a method of operating an image sensor, a first pixel and a second pixel are commonly connected to a floating diffusion node. A voltage of the floating diffusion node is boosted. A …