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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:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Philip Neaves, Surrey, GB;
Inventor:
Philip Neaves, Surrey, GB;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bias readout circuit is disclosed for use in reading out a pixel of an imager system. The bias readout circuit includes a circuit portion which mirrors an output and bias transistor of a pixel to amplify an output signal produced by a pixel and increase the dynamic range of the pixel output.