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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:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Richard A. Mauritzson, Boise, ID (US);
Joey Shah, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Mauritzson, Boise, ID (US);
Joey Shah, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pixel cell in which a capacitance is coupled between a storage node and a row select transistor. The pixel cell utilizes a readout timing sequence between operation of a reset transistor and a row select transistor to boost a reset voltage.