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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Caeleste Cvba, Mechelen, BE;
Inventor:
Bart Dierickx, Edegem, BE;
Assignee:
CAELESTE CVBA, Mechelen, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01);
Abstract
An array of pixels for charge domain binning in a CMOS image sensor, to increase the readout sensitivity of such a sensor. The array of pixels comprises at least two pixels in a common substrate. At least one of said pixels is configured or configurable to function as a pixel of a first type with a first, higher, charge collecting capability, for collecting charges generated by radiation impinging on the substrate. At least another one of said pixels is configurable to function as pixel of a second type, with a second, reduced, charge collecting capability, and as a pixel of the first type.