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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Wen-jen Chiang, Zhubei, TW;
Guo-ren HU, Banqiao, TW;
Chen-pang Kung, Jhongli, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An active photosensing pixel is disclosed, in which a two-terminal photosensing transistor has a first terminal coupled to a first node, a second terminal coupled to a selection line and a control terminal connected to the second terminal. A driving transistor has a first terminal coupled to a first reference voltage, a second terminal coupled to an output line and a control terminal connected to the first node. A reset capacitor has a first terminal connected to the control terminal of the two-terminal photosensing transistor, and a second terminal connected to the first node.