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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicants:
Jaehyuk Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jungsoon Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jaehyuk Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jungsoon Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array. The image sensor may include a photoelectric conversion device generating electric charges according to photoelectric conversion in each of a plurality of pixels, a shutter of each of the plurality of pixels controlling movements of the generated electric charges according to a drive signal, a driving line connecting the shutters of all of the plurality of pixels of the pixel array, through which the drive signal is transmitted, and a plurality of driving buffers applying the drive signal to the driving line.