Title:
イメージセンサー及びその動作方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5697236
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Image sensors and methods of operating the same. An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photo sensor, the voltage-current characteristics of which vary according to energy of incident light, and that generates a sense current determined by the energy of the incident light; a reset unit that is activated to generate a reference current, according to a reset signal for resetting at least one of the plurality of pixels; and a conversion unit that converts the sense current and the reference current into a sense voltage and a reference voltage, respectively.
Inventors:
Kim Hosei
Chung Yujin
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Song Toshinori
Kim Chang Jun
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Chung Yujin
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Song Toshinori
Kim Chang Jun
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Application Number:
JP2010247373A
Publication Date:
April 08, 2015
Filing Date:
November 04, 2010
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Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd.
International Classes:
H04N5/369; H01L27/146
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2000083198A | ||||
| JP2007158549A | ||||
| JP2007184989A | ||||
| JP2009182194A | ||||
| JP2004047719A | ||||
| JP11074547A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinya Mitsuhiro