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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Isao Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Mikael Kerttu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Per Olaf Pahr, Lier, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging device driver for transmitting a signal onto a signal line for controlling transistors of a pixel row. The device includes a controller and associated circuitry for reducing shoot-through current within and between row driver circuits for driving the signal line. The controller reduces shoot-through current by preventing concurrent transmission of high and low signal outputs to the signal line by respective high and low voltage sources of the same or different row driver circuits.