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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicant:
Michael Cieslinski, Ottobrunn, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Cieslinski, Ottobrunn, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image sensor, in particular a CMOS image sensor, for electronic cameras, having a plurality of light-sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein all or at least some of the pixels of a column are connected to a respective common column line, and wherein the image sensor has a signal preprocessing device for one or more of the column lines to process a exposure signals generated by the pixels which can be applied to the respective column line. The image sensor is made selectively to apply one of at least two test input signals to the column lines.