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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tomas Geurts, Parkstraat, BE;

Amit Mittra, Irvine, CA (US);

Kevin Johnson, Kildeer, IL (US);

Assignee:

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/616 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01);
Abstract

Multiple read image sensors, and associated methods for the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises reading out a reset level from a pixel to a corresponding sample and hold circuit; storing the reset level to a first storage device and to a second storage device of the sample and hold circuit; reading out a signal level from the pixel to the sample and hold circuit; and storing the signal level to a third storage device and to a fourth storage device of the sample and hold circuit. The reset level and the signal level can correspond to a same correlated double sampling of an image data signal captured by the pixel. The method can further include reading out the reset level from the first storage device; reading out the signal level from the third storage device; and recovering a first copy of the image data signal.


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