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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Optronics, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Xinping He, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Optronics, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active pixel sensor comprising: a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a light sensitive element and a transfer gate, and the plurality of pixels have at least one floating diffusion region; and a plurality of processing circuits associated with the plurality of pixels; wherein each processing circuit comprises a charge amplifier.