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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Song Xue, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Vogelsang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor that includes a pixel array with image pixels with conditional reset circuitry. The pixels can be reset by a combination of row select and column reset signals, which implements the reset function while minimizing the number of extra signal lines. The pixels may also include pinned photodiodes. The manner in which the pinned photodiodes are used reduces noise and allows the quantization of the pixel circuits to be programmable.