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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jaroslav Hynecek, Richardson, TX (US);
Matthew J. Fritz, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 ; H04N 9/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 ; H04N 9/64 ;
Abstract
The image sensing device includes an image sensing area,having an antiblooming drain structure; and a frame memory area,coupled to the image sensing area,for storing charge from the image sensing area, wherein during charge integration, the antiblooming drain is biased at a first level, and during charge transfer to memory, the antiblooming drain is biased at a second level such that the image sensing area,will have a higher charge capacity than during the charge integration.