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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2024
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Satoshi Nakayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Shunsuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Seungju Seo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor and an operation method of a pixel circuit thereof are provided. In the pixel circuit, a transfer transistor is coupled between a photosensitive element and a floating diffusion portion. The pixel circuit selectively operates in one of a low illumination sensing mode and a high illumination sensing mode. When the pixel circuit operates in the low illumination sensing mode, a control voltage with a first level is applied to a control terminal of the transfer transistor during an integration period, and therefore the transfer transistor is turned off. When the pixel circuit operates in the high illumination sensing mode, the control terminal of the transfer transistor is applied with the control voltage with a second level higher than the first level during the integration period, and therefore the transfer transistor is turned off.