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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zejian Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chun-Hsiang Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Counters with various widths for an image sensor. An image sensor includes a plurality of image pixels arranged in rows and columns of a pixel array. A plurality of memory cells are individually coupled to corresponding columns of the pixel array. The memory cells are arranged in a memory bank. The memory bank includes a first memory cell coupled to a first column of the pixel array. The first memory cell includes a first counter having a first width. A second memory cell is coupled to a second column of the pixel array. The second memory cell comprises a second counter having a second width. The first width and the second width are different.