Title:
SENSE AMPLIFIER HAVING PRECISION ANALOG REFERENCE LEVEL FOR USE WITH IMAGE SENSOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002209143
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a strong sense amplifier which is used with an image sensor and which has high speed, low noise and good power efficiency.
The amplifier includes a single ended bit line from respective pixels, a small amplitude bit detector, a regenerative sense amplifier and a reference generation using precision analog reference.
Inventors:
YANG DAVID XIAO DONG
Application Number:
JP2001349235A
Publication Date:
July 26, 2002
Filing Date:
November 14, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PIXIM INC
International Classes:
H01L27/146; H04N5/235; H04N5/335; (IPC1-7): H04N5/335; H01L27/146
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
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