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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Invisage Technologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hui Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Igor Constantin Ivanov, Danville, CA (US);
Edward Hartley Sargent, Toronto, CA;
INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses for forming and using pixels for image sensors. In one embodiment, an image sensor having at least two pixel electrodes per color region, and having at least two modes is disclosed. The example image sensor includes a first, unbinned, mode; and a second, binned, mode. In the first, unbinned mode, the at least two pixel electrodes per color region are to be reset to substantially similar levels. In the second, binned mode, a first pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a high voltage that results in efficient collection of photocharge, and a second pixel electrode of the at the least two pixel electrodes is to be reset to a low voltage that results in less efficient collection of photocharge. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.