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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Ams Sensors Belgium Bvba, Antwerp, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA, Antwerp, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/71 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 25/745 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image sensor comprises an array comprising rows and columns of pixels, a first number N of connection lines connected to a first number N of pixels of the array, a voltage regulating circuit having an output, a first terminal, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a first number N of switches coupled to the first number N of connection lines and to the output of the voltage regulating circuit, and a first number N of further switches coupled to the first number N of connection lines and to the first terminal. The first number N is at least two.