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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Ho-jung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
U-in Chung, Seoul, KR;
Jai-kwang Shin, Anyang-si, KR;
Sun-il Kim, Osan-si, KR;
I-hun Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chang-jung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-hun Jeon, Yongin-si, KR;
Ho-jung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
U-in Chung, Seoul, KR;
Jai-kwang Shin, Anyang-si, KR;
Sun-il Kim, Osan-si, KR;
I-hun Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chang-jung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-hun Jeon, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Image sensors and methods of operating the same. An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photo sensor, the voltage-current characteristics of which vary according to energy of incident light, and that generates a sense current determined by the energy of the incident light; a reset unit that is activated to generate a reference current, according to a reset signal for resetting at least one of the plurality of pixels; and a conversion unit that converts the sense current and the reference current into a sense voltage and a reference voltage, respectively.