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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Applicant:
Simon Neukom, Uster, CH;
Inventor:
Simon Neukom, Uster, CH;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 31/062 (2006.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photo sensor exhibiting low noise, low smear, low dark current, high dynamic range and global shutter functionality consists either of a pinned (or buried) photodiode or a photo-sensitive charge-coupled device, each with associated transfer gate, a sub-linear element, a shutter transistor, a reset circuit and a read-out circuit. Using two output paths global shutter and high speed operation are possible for the linear and the sub-linear output of the sensor. Because of its compact size, the photo sensor can be employed in one- and two-dimensional image sensors, fabricated with industry-standard CMOS and CCD technologies.