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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Altasens, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lester Joseph Kozlowski, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
AltaSens, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/35572 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor having global shutter circuitry and an extremely fine pixel pitch. Disclosed image sensors combine global shutter circuitry with rolling shutter circuitry for respective subsets of sensor pixels to marry imaging benefits of global shutter circuitry with relatively small circuit overhead of rolling shutter circuitry. Such image sensors can achieve improved optical performance with smaller pixel pitch and optical resolution than existing global shutter image sensors.