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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Heesung Shim, Suwon-si, KR;

Seungsik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jaekyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Seunghyun Lim, Suwon-si, KR;

Sungjae Jun, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/531 (2023.01); H04N 25/532 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/531 (2023.01); H04N 25/532 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor comprising a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged and a row driver. Each of the pixel includes a photodiode, a transfer transistor for transferring photocharges of the photodiode to a floating diffusion node (FD), a conversion gain control transistor, a first source follower for amplifying and outputting the voltage of the FD to a first node, a precharge selection transistor connected between the first node and a second node, a first capacitor, a first sampling transistor connected between the second node and the first capacitor, a second capacitor, a second sampling transistor connected between the second node and the second capacitor, a second source follower for amplifying a voltage of the second node, a first selection transistor connected between the second source follower and a column line, and a second selection transistor connected between the first node and the column line.


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