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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Vadim Gelfand, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Vadim Gelfand, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for calibrating a ramp slope value of a ramp signal to increase the accuracy of the slope of the ramp signal used within CMOS image sensors. An image sensor includes an active pixel sensor (APS) array, a ramp signal generator and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The APS array is configured to generate a reset signal and an image signal for a pixel of a selected row of the APS array. The ramp signal generator is configured to generate a ramp signal, a ramp slope value of the ramp signal being adjusted based on a slope control signal. The ADC is configured to generate a digital code based on the ramp signal and a difference between the reset signal and the image signal.