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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H03M 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3355 (2013.01); H03M 1/145 (2013.01); H04N 5/3692 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a converter configured to convert a photoelectric converted analog signal in a unit pixel into a digital signal including a plurality of bits, a data transfer unit configured to selectively output the converted digital signal output from the converter in units of bits in response to a control signal, and including a plurality of switching circuits which are serially connected; and a memory configured to store data output from the data transfer unit.