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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Pixart Imaging (Penang) Sdn.bhd., Penang, MY;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PixArt Imaging (Penang) SDN. BHD., Penang, MY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a BJT pixel circuit including a BJT transistor, a photodiode, a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor. The first storage capacitor is configured to discharge, via the BJT transistor, to a first output voltage in a first exposure time of the photodiode. The second storage capacitor is configured to discharge, via the BJT transistor, to a second output voltage in a second exposure time of the photodiode.