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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:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
John J. Ellis-monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Mark D. Jaffe, Shelburne, VT (US);
Charles F. Musante, South Burlington, VT (US);
John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Mark D. Jaffe, Shelburne, VT (US);
Charles F. Musante, South Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pixel sensor cell including a column circuit, a design structure for fabricating the pixel sensor cell including the column circuit and a method for operating the pixel sensor cell including the column circuit are predicated upon the measurement of multiple reference data point and signal data point pairs from a floating diffusion at a variable capacitance. The variable capacitance is provided by excluding or including a transfer gate transistor capacitance in addition to a floating diffusion capacitance. Such a variable capacitance provides variable dynamic ranges for the pixel sensor cell including the column circuit.
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