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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sunyool Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungtae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yunhwan Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Yongjun Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Heesung Chae, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a first amplifier comparing and amplifying a first voltage signal received from a first column line, and a ramp signal; a second amplifier amplifying an output of the first amplifier; a third amplifier comparing and amplifying a second voltage signal received from a second column line, and the ramp signal; and a fourth amplifier amplifying an output of the third amplifier, wherein the second amplifier and the fourth amplifier output a decision signal at different points in time by dummy switch control split.