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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Ivan Michel Antolovic, Lausanne, CH;

Claudio Bruschini, Villars-sous-Yens, CH;

Edoardo Charbon, Jouxtens-Mezery, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H04N 25/571 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H04N 25/571 (2023.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to an image sensor comprising a photodetector array including neighboring photodetector elements, each photodetector element comprising: —a photodetector cell having a photodiode and a reset unit; —a cell control unit coupled with the photodetector cell and configured to reset the photodiode by means of the reset unit; wherein the cell control unit is configured to asynchronously effect resetting of the photodiode after a given dead time after detection of a photon.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Antolovic, Ivan. (2025). Low-power image sensor system with single-photon avalanche diode photodetectors (U.S. Patent No. 12192656). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12192656

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