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Patent No.:

US 11683603 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2021

Image sensor including pixels and reference pixels, operating method of the image sensor, and electronic device including the image sensor

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hwanwoong Kim, Namyangju-si, KR;

Jihun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jueun Park, Seongnam-si, KR;

Jungwook Lim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Youjin Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;

Taesub Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

F, Chau & Associates, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Twyler L Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Angel L Garces-Rivera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes: a pixel array including pixels and reference pixels; an analog sensing circuit configured to sense signals from the pixels and the reference pixels; and a digital logic circuit configured to receive the sensed signals from the analog sensing circuit and configured to compensate signals corresponding to the pixels from among the sensed signals by using signals corresponding to the reference pixels from among the sensed signals, wherein each of the reference pixels is at least partially surround by the pixels.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Hwanwoong. (2023). Image sensor including pixels and reference pixels, operating method of the image sensor, and electronic device including the image sensor (U.S. Patent No. 11683603). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11683603

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