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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Ams Ag, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Inventors:
Thomas Stockmeier, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Richard Forsyth, Mantscha, AT;
Thomas Troxler, Erlenbach, CH;
Assignee:
ams AG, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H01L 23/345 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/3651 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least one of the pixels of the image sensor is heated using at least one heater, and the temperature of this pixel is thus increased by a larger degree than the temperature of at least a further one of the pixels.