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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Min Seok Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hak Soon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Han Sang Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kang Bong Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/36965 (2018.08); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); H04N 2213/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes: first lines transferring a first clock having the same phase as that of modulated light in a first phase and a third clock having a phase difference of a ½ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in a second phase; second lines transferring the third clock in the first phase and the first clock in the second phase; third lines transferring a second clock having a phase difference of a ¼ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in the first phase and a fourth clock having a phase difference of a ¾ cycle from the phase of the modulated light in the second phase; fourth lines transferring the fourth clock in the first phase and the second clock in the second phase; and a pixel array including first pixels and second pixels that are alternately arranged in row and column directions.


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