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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Atsugi, JP;
Noam Eshel, Stuttgart, DE;
Golan Zeituni, Stuttgart, DE;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Atsugi, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor assembly includes a pixel circuit including a charge storage structure and an amplification transistor. A load path of the amplification transistor is between an amplifier drain line and a pixel output node. A potential at a storage node of the charge storage structure controls the amplification transistor. An amplifier drain circuit is configured to pass a low potential to the amplifier drain line in a reset period and a high potential in a readout period. A transition from the low potential to the high potential is not before an end of the reset period and prior to a start of the readout period.