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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Steffen Lehr, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Patrick Vogel, Duesseldorf, DE;
Petrus Gijsbertus Maria Centen, Goirle, NL;
Jeoren Rotte, Breda, NL;
Ruud Van Ree, Breda, NL;
Heinrich Schemmann, Villigen-Schwenningen, DE;
Karl-heinz Schaaf, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Sabine Roth, Moenchweiler, DE;
Steffen Lehr, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Patrick Vogel, Duesseldorf, DE;
Petrus Gijsbertus Maria Centen, Goirle, NL;
Jeoren Rotte, Breda, NL;
Ruud van Ree, Breda, NL;
Heinrich Schemmann, Villigen-Schwenningen, DE;
Karl-Heinz Schaaf, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Sabine Roth, Moenchweiler, DE;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne, Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
An image sensor circuit comprises a pixel cell array having a plurality of pixel cells arranged along a plurality of column lines, a plurality of readout circuits connected to said column lines, each of which comprises an analog-to-digital converter and a multiplexer for selectively applying an output signal of one of said column lines to said analog-to-digital converter. Between two of said column lines which are connected to a first one of said readout circuits located at a first side of said pixel cell array, there is a column line which is connected to a second one of said readout circuits located at a second side of said pixel cell array opposite to said first side.