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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Scott William Petrick, Sussex, WI (US);
Roland Frederick Saunders, Hartland, WI (US);
Douglas I. Perry, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Scott William Petrick, Sussex, WI (US);
Roland Frederick Saunders, Hartland, WI (US);
Douglas I. Perry, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pixel sensing subsystem for a solid state image sensor includes frame timing logic that produces a frame timing signal indicative of an end-of-frame time and a beginning-of-frame time and reset logic that produces a reset signal for a charge accumulator of pixel sensing electronics. The reset logic asserts the reset signal at least once between the end-of-frame time and the beginning-of-frame time to prevent saturation of the pixel sensing element.