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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Mesa Imaging Ag, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Thierry Oggier, Zurich, CH;
Bernhard Buettgen, Adliswil, CH;
Assignee:
MESA Imaging AG, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2013.01); G01S 7/4914 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A demodulation image sensor, such as used in time of flight (TOF) cameras, performs the acquisition and readout of the pixels in parallel. This is used to avoid motion artifacts due to samplings performed separated in time.