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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:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Matthew M. Borg, Albany, OR (US);
Inventor:
Matthew M. Borg, Albany, OR (US);
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 31/062 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus providing an imager with shared power supply and readout lines. A pixel array has a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each column of the array comprises a column line coupled to receive pixel signals from the pixels in the column and selectively operated to provide a supply voltage to at least one pixel in a different column.