Trixell

Laurent Charrier

Bruno Bosset

A method for reading an imaging device intended for capturing images in a detector including a large number of photosensitive points called pixels organized into a matrix. The pixels of the same column are linked to a column conductor enabling the successive reading of the photosignals acquired by the pixels of the column, the method consisting for each of the pixels in carrying out a correlated double sampling read phase, the read phase comprising an operation of resetting the pixel followed by two read operations, the first without the photosignal, and the second with the photosignal. Three steps are concatenated in succession for the pixels of the same column:

Efficient method for reading an imaging device using correlated double sampling

An integrated circuit comprising N adjacent identical blocks indexed by index j, a current block connected to preceding and following blocks, each comprising identification circuits comprises: N ordered inputs indexed i, connected to N outputs of the preceding block of same index; and N ordered outputs indexed i, connected to N inputs of the following block of same index; each input for i&#x2260;N of the current block connected by routing line indexed to output i+1 of the current block; last input N of the current block not connected to output of the current block; and first outputof the current block not connected to input of the current block; each block comprising: a connection pad; and N logic gates indexed i, each gate comprising first and second inputs and an output, N buses indexed i comprising a line through N blocks, and connected to output of a logic gate.

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Moirans, France

Laurent Charrier