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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Guidash, Rochester, NY (US);
Craig M. Smith, Spencerport, NY (US);
Jay Endsley, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pixel in an integrated-circuit image sensor is enabled to output, throughout a sampling interval, an analog signal having an amplitude dependent, at least in part, on photocharge integrated within a photosensitive element of the pixel. A plurality of samples of the analog signal are generated during an initial portion of the sampling interval that is shorter than a settling time for a maximum possible level of the analog signal.