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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a first pixel connected to a first column line and a second pixel connected to a second column line, each of the first pixel and the second pixel including a first photodiode (PD) and a second PD, which share a driving transistor, are configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode according to a conversion gain based on the first PD, and are configured to operate in a third mode and a fourth mode based on the second PD; and an analog-to-digital converter including a first correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit, a second CDS circuit, and a third CDS circuit, which read pixel signals output through the first column line and the second column line. The first CDS circuit is connected to the first column line and the second column line in a time-division manner.