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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chin Yin, Tainan, TW;
Po-Sheng Chou, Hsinchu County, TW;
Shang-Fu Yeh, Hsinchu, TW;
Calvin Yi-Ping Chao, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chih-Lin Lee, Miaoli County, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor, and a method of operating a pixel array by a CMOS image sensor is provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a sensor, and a readout circuit. The sensor is configured to generate a first voltage signal and a first reset signal. The readout circuit is configured to perform a first readout operation by reading out the first reset signal and the first voltage signal simultaneously at a first predetermined time. After the first readout operation, the readout circuit turns on a plurality of switches to obtain a common-mode signal by making the first reset signal equal to the first voltage signal and re-perform a second readout operation by reading out the common-mode signal at a second predetermined time. The first predetermined time and the second predetermined time do not overlap each other.