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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Vladimir Berezin, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Alexander Krymski, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Vladimir Berezin, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Alexander Krymski, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A lock in pinned photodiode photodetector includes a plurality of output ports which are sequentially enabled. Each time when the output port is enabled is considered to be a different bin of time. A specified pattern is sent, and the output bins are investigated to look for that pattern. The time when the pattern is received indicates the time of flight.A CMOS active pixel image sensor includes a plurality of pinned photodiode photodetectors that share buffer transistors. In one configuration, the charge from two or more pinned photodiodes may be binned together and applied to the gate of a shared buffer transistor.