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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Tae Chan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Min Ho Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong Ki Min, Seoul, KR;
Sang Chul Sul, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae Seok OH, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Hyun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae Yon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung Hoon Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young Gu Jin, Osan-si, KR;
Tae Chan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Min Ho Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong Ki Min, Seoul, KR;
Sang Chul Sul, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae Seok Oh, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Hyun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae Yon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung Hoon Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young Gu Jin, Osan-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array and a row driver block. The pixel array includes a plurality of subpixel groups, each including a plurality of subpixels. Each of the plurality of subpixels is configured to generate a subpixel signal corresponding to photocharge accumulated in response to a photon. The row driver block is configured to generate a first control signal to control the subpixels included in each of the plurality of subpixel groups to accumulate the photocharge in parallel from a first time point to a second time point.