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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Richard H. Vollmerhausen, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Richard H. Vollmerhausen, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/968 (2006.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/968 (2013.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01);
Abstract
This Orthogonal Code Readout (OCR) electronically expands the dynamic range of CMOS active pixels by adding digital electron wells. The dynamic range of an active pixel is not limited by in-pixel capacitance. When employed as a thermal array readout, OCR simplifies thermal detector array fabrication by eliminating the need for large electron well capacitors. OCR also improves digital quantization beyond that provided by hardware digitizers.