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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);
Giuseppe Rossi, Pasadena, CA (US);
Kwang-bo Cho, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Roger Panicacci, San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sandor L. Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);
Giuseppe Rossi, Pasadena, CA (US);
Kwang-Bo Cho, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Roger Panicacci, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system of reducing power consumption in and active pixels sensor. The sensor is broken into different blocks, and each of the blocks is individually optimized. The optimization may include minimizing the parasitic capacitance on the readout bus, turning off biases when not in use, and operating in a way that minimizes static power consumption of different elements such as A/D converters.