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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Inventors:
Christophe Mandier, Grenoble, FR;
Alexis Marcellin, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor including an array of pixels, each having: a storage node coupled to a capacitive sense node by a transfer transistor; and a connection transistor coupling the pixel sense node to an intermediate node of the pixel, wherein each pixel has its intermediate node coupled to a node of application of a reset voltage by a reset transistor, and different pixels have their respective intermediate nodes interconnected by a conductive connection track.