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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:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2023
Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;

Mabuchi Keiji, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lindsay Grant, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/65 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/65 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor is an image sensor including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a photodiode configured to generate charges based on a light incident amount, a reset transistor configured to reset the photodiode by supplying a reset voltage to the photodiode, a first capacitor configured to hold an output voltage of the photodiode immediately after the reset, and a second capacitor configured to hold the output voltage of the photodiode after a predetermined exposure period. An image signal is obtained from the voltage held by the first capacitor and the voltage held by the second capacitor.


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