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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Trygve Willassen, Oppegaard, NO;
Inventor:
Trygve Willassen, Oppegaard, NO;
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H04N 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imager architecture that utilizes column sampling circuitry that can support pixel-wise automatic gain selection (AGS). The column sampling circuitry samples the pixel output signals directly (e.g., with unity gain) or after amplification in a column level amplifier while supporting correlated double sampling (CDS) in both situations.