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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Barmak Mansoorian, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Barmak Mansoorian, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Forza Silicon, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H01L 29/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor with an electronic neutral density filter. Each pixel of the image sensor is capable of being electronically adjusted such that the total charge integration is effectively changed by an amount of the adjustment. The adjustment uses a variable capacitor, here are paper wrapped are formed by an MOS transistor. The capacitor may be within each pixel, or may be shared between multiple pixels.