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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Yannick DE Wit, Aartselaar, BE;
Inventor:
Yannick De Wit, Aartselaar, BE;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3741 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a pixel includes at least two switches, each switch having a control terminal and first and second current carrying terminals. The control terminals of the first and second switches are commonly connected together. In accordance with another embodiment, a method for transferring charge from a first switch to a capacitance includes applying voltage to the commonly connected control terminals of the first and second switches.