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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicants:
Young Gu Jin, Osan-si, KR;
Ju Hwan Jung, Seoul, KR;
Yoon Dong Park, Osan-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels each including a single transistor and a photodiode connected to a body of the single transistor, a row driver block configured to enable one of a plurality of rows in the pixel array to enter a readout mode, and a readout block configured to sense and amplify a pixel signal output from each of a plurality of unit pixels included in the row that has entered the readout mode.