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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Yu-yeon Yu, Osan-si, KR;
Seok-ha Lee, Seoul, KR;
Do-hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating image sensors is provided. The method for operating image sensors includes maintaining a charge transmission unit which transfers charges generated in a photoelectric conversion unit by responding to incident light to a charge detection unit in an inactive state; and toggling the charge transmission unit between an active state and an inactive state while a reset unit resets the charge detection unit, wherein the toggling is repeated multiple times while a reset unit which resets the charge detection unit is maintained in active state.