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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Teledyne Dalsa B.v., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Daniel Wilhelmus Elisabeth Verbugt, Helden, NL;
Willem-Hendrik Maes, Lommel, BE;
TELEDYNE DALSA B.V., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image sensor and to an imaging system comprising such a sensor. According to the invention, the overall conversion curve describing the conversion between photon flux and digital number comprises a first region in which the conversion is essentially linear and a second region in which the conversion is essentially non-linear. According to the invention, the non-linearity of the second region is obtained by operating the photodiode of the image sensor in its non-linear range and by changing the gain associated with the conversion between pixel voltage and digital number.