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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1982
Hans-Joerg Pfleiderer, Zorneding, DE;
Heiner Herbst, Munich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
A two-dimensional image sensor integrated on a semiconductor substrate has a plurality of sensor elements disposed in rows and columns. The sensors in each row and column are individually selected in succession via parallel outputs of a vertical shift register for readout of the sensor elements. Regulation of the integration time during which charge carriers collect in the sensor elements due to incident light is achieved by selecting the sensor elements in each even-numbered row for readout a further number of times after an initial readout of the charges optically generated therein, and within the time span during which transfer of the charges from the sensor elements of the next odd-numbered rows to the column lines takes place. The further selections eliminate charges formed in the interim in a particular row. The next readout of the particular row is undertaken with an integration time for the sensor elements therein which is variably shortened by the duration of the readout for (2N-1) rows, where N is the number of even or odd numbered rows.