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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Bae Systems Imaging Solutions, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A column readout amplifier and imaging array using the same method are disclosed. The column readout amplifier includes a signal amplifier having an amplifier signal output, a first filter capacitor, a buffer amplifier having a buffer amplifier input and a buffer amplifier output, and a switching network. The switching network connects the amplifier signal output to the buffer amplifier input and the buffer amplifier output to the first filter capacitor during a first time period, and connects the amplifier signal output directly to the first filter capacitor during a second time period. The time periods can be of fixed duration or determined by the difference in potential between the input and output of the buffer amplifier. The column readout amplifier can be used in an imaging array to readout columns of pixels.