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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M. Guidash, Rush, NY (US);
Antonio S. Ciccarelli, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
Abstract
An Active Pixel Sensor with increased sensitivity by employing an improved buss structure reducing the number of signal lines used within the sensor and approaching the sensitivity of a CCD device while still retaining the advantages of an APS device. Fill factor and sensitivity of an APS device is increased by sharing signal busses between rows that are currently being read out and those that are to be read out next. This eliminates the need for a separate signal line contact area in each pixel, and uses the timing signal and buss for one row as another timing signal and buss for the next row.