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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:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Man Sun John Chan, Hong Kong, CN;
Chen Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Wing Hung Ki, Hong Kong, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pixel element for an image sensor comprising, a photodiode and a reset transistor coupled to an input node, wherein said reset transistor is a PMOSFET coupled between said input node and the supply voltage, and wherein said pixel further comprises parallel complementary signal paths.