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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Timothy M. Slagle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert S. Hannebauer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard B. Merrill, Woodside, CA (US);
Peter J. Manca, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy M. Slagle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert S. Hannebauer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard B. Merrill, Woodside, CA (US);
Peter J. Manca, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Foveon, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a readout bus architecture having a first column, a readout means is coupled to a photodetector and configured to transfer charge from the photodetector. A select means is coupled to the photodetector and is configured to transfer charge from the photodetector. An address circuit is coupled to the first column through the select means and is configured to generate and decode an address and turn on the select means for the first column if the address matched the first column and if the address circuit received a corrected enable signal indicating that the first column is not defective. A correction circuit is coupled to the address circuit and is configured to generate the corrected enable signal indicating that the first column is not defective if the correction circuit determined that the first column is not defective.