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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jiaju Ma, Arcadia, CA (US);
Arnaud Laflaquiere, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image sensor may include a plurality of pixels, each of which may include a photodiode having a charge accumulation region ('PD'), a floating diffusion region (“FD”), and a charge transfer region vertically between the PD and FD. The vertical charge transfer region may include a first charge modulation region (“P1”), a second charge modulation region (“P2”), and a third charge modulation region (“P3”). The image sensor may operate in a global shutter mode, in which the P2 may be used as an in-pixel charge memory region to temporarily store charge during transfer of the charge from PD to FD via P1, P2, and P3.