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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Nikolai E. Bock, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/583 (2023.01); H04N 25/589 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/583 (2023.01); H04N 25/589 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract
The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light intensity are reset later in the frame than pixels that will be exposed to lower light intensity.