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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M Guidash, Rush, NY (US);
Teh-Hsuang Lee, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 257291 ; 348308 ;
Abstract
A pixel architecture for economizing area within the pixel leaving a greater proportion of area for photodetector area. Area is saved by employing a method of generating row select signals for active pixel sensors comprising the steps of providing an active pixel sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and rows and selecting rows within the active pixel sensor by application of a supply voltage to a transistor circuit within a predetermined row to be selected and removal of the supply voltage from the transistor circuits of unselected rows.