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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyung-Jin Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-Hoon Yang, Daejeon, KR;
Ji-Won Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Eun-Sub Shim, Anyang-si, KR;
Moo-Sup Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a light-electron conversion unit, a signal generation unit, and a selection unit. The light-electron conversion unit generates photo-charges from incident light. The signal generation unit accumulates photo-charges from the converter in a storage node during a detection period, and then generates a first analog signal and a second analog signal during an output period. The analog signals are generated based on an amount of photo-charges accumulated in the storage node. The selection unit generates an image signal based on one of the first analog signal and the second analog signal.