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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Fan He, Grayslake, IL (US);

Michael W. Frenzer, Palatine, IL (US);

Zili LI, Barrington, IL (US);

Carl Lynn Shurboff, Grayslake, IL (US);

Inventors:

Fan He, Grayslake, IL (US);

Michael W. Frenzer, Palatine, IL (US);

Zili Li, Barrington, IL (US);

Carl Lynn Shurboff, Grayslake, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus () for recording a color image, comprises an image sensor () having a plurality of pixels () formed in a monolithic substrate. Each of the plurality of pixels () includes three floating gate semiconductor devices (). A color tunable filter () is positioned between a photosensitive semiconductor device () and an electromagnetic radiation source. A FET transistor () has a drain () connected to the cathode () of the photodiode (), and a source () connected to the anode () of the photodiode () and to control gates () of each of the three floating gate semiconductor devices (). The color tunable filter () allows all desired combinations of colors to pass while each of the three floating gate semiconductor devices () are respectively selected to store the color image.


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