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Patent No.:
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;
Assignee:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Lausanne, 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.