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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
François Ayel, Grenoble, FR;
Yvon Cazaux, Grenoble, FR;
Gaelle Palmigiani, Grenoble, FR;
Alexis Rochas, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A device of acquisition of a depth image and of a 2D image of a scene, including depth photosites and capacitors, each depth photosite including a photodiode capable of detecting a reflected light signal, and at least one sense node coupled to the photodiode by a single transistor. Each capacitor is connected between the sense nodes of two photosites or between two sense nodes of a same photosite. Depth photosites supply the first plate of each capacitor with at least one first sample of charges photogenerated during first time periods, and supplying the second plate of each capacitor with a second sample of charges photogenerated during second time periods. Depth photosites supply the first plate of each capacitor with at least one third sample of charges photogenerated during third time periods.