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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
Applicants:
Varex Imaging Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Donald B. Hondongwa, Hanover, NH (US);
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Assignees:
Varex Imaging Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G01T 1/17 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01T 1/17 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H01L 27/14663 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include a device, comprising: a column line; a plurality of pixels; each pixel coupled to the column line; a comparator having an input coupled to the column line and configured to compare a signal from the column line to a threshold; and control logic coupled to the pixels and configured to selectively couple each pixel to the column line after a sampling period for each pixel.