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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eric Bohannon, Henrietta, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor and pixel circuit therefor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, a zero-biased multiplexer connected to the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, an amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the zero-biased multiplexer, and an output terminal, a capacitor disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and a reset switch disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the capacitor, the reset switch including a body terminal connected to a common reference voltage.