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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:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Hae-seung Lee, Bedford, MA (US);
Keith G. Fife, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Hae-Seung Lee, Bedford, MA (US);
Keith G. Fife, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Melexis Tessenderlo NV, Tessenderlo, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus to selectably operate a pixel circuit within an active pixel image sensor in a source follower mode or a common source amplifier mode.