WO2000078034A3 - Dual sensitivity image sensor - Google Patents
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- WO2000078034A3 WO2000078034A3 PCT/US2000/016633 US0016633W WO0078034A3 WO 2000078034 A3 WO2000078034 A3 WO 2000078034A3 US 0016633 W US0016633 W US 0016633W WO 0078034 A3 WO0078034 A3 WO 0078034A3
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
- H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
- H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
- H04N25/581—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously
- H04N25/583—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously with different integration times
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
- H04N25/616—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise involving a correlated sampling function, e.g. correlated double sampling [CDS] or triple sampling
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
- H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
- H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
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Priority Applications (1)
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AU54943/00A AU5494300A (en) | 1999-06-15 | 2000-06-15 | Dual sensitivity image sensor |
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US13934599P | 1999-06-15 | 1999-06-15 | |
US60/139,345 | 1999-06-15 |
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WO2000078034A2 WO2000078034A2 (en) | 2000-12-21 |
WO2000078034A3 true WO2000078034A3 (en) | 2001-05-10 |
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PCT/US2000/016633 WO2000078034A2 (en) | 1999-06-15 | 2000-06-15 | Dual sensitivity image sensor |
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US6307195B1 (en) * | 1999-10-26 | 2001-10-23 | Eastman Kodak Company | Variable collection of blooming charge to extend dynamic range |
US7105793B2 (en) * | 2003-07-02 | 2006-09-12 | Micron Technology, Inc. | CMOS pixels for ALC and CDS and methods of forming the same |
US7332703B2 (en) | 2004-03-22 | 2008-02-19 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Imaging structure including a pixel with multiple signal readout circuits and methods of operation for imaging structure |
JP4459064B2 (en) * | 2005-01-14 | 2010-04-28 | キヤノン株式会社 | Solid-state imaging device, control method thereof, and camera |
DE102007045448A1 (en) * | 2007-09-24 | 2009-04-02 | Arnold & Richter Cine Technik Gmbh & Co. Betriebs Kg | image sensor |
KR20180079519A (en) | 2016-12-30 | 2018-07-11 | 삼성전자주식회사 | Image sensor |
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US5471515A (en) * | 1994-01-28 | 1995-11-28 | California Institute Of Technology | Active pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transfer |
US5600451A (en) * | 1993-08-12 | 1997-02-04 | Sony Corporation | Charge transfer device and output circuit thereof |
US5737016A (en) * | 1985-11-15 | 1998-04-07 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Solid state image pickup apparatus for reducing noise |
US5886343A (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1999-03-23 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of storing elements with both row and column parallel output circuitry |
US5898168A (en) * | 1997-06-12 | 1999-04-27 | International Business Machines Corporation | Image sensor pixel circuit |
US5907357A (en) * | 1995-03-20 | 1999-05-25 | Sony Corporation | Switching circuit and charge transfer device using same |
US6046466A (en) * | 1997-09-12 | 2000-04-04 | Nikon Corporation | Solid-state imaging device |
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- 2000-06-15 AU AU54943/00A patent/AU5494300A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-06-15 WO PCT/US2000/016633 patent/WO2000078034A2/en active Application Filing
Patent Citations (7)
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US5737016A (en) * | 1985-11-15 | 1998-04-07 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Solid state image pickup apparatus for reducing noise |
US5886343A (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1999-03-23 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of storing elements with both row and column parallel output circuitry |
US5600451A (en) * | 1993-08-12 | 1997-02-04 | Sony Corporation | Charge transfer device and output circuit thereof |
US5471515A (en) * | 1994-01-28 | 1995-11-28 | California Institute Of Technology | Active pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transfer |
US5907357A (en) * | 1995-03-20 | 1999-05-25 | Sony Corporation | Switching circuit and charge transfer device using same |
US5898168A (en) * | 1997-06-12 | 1999-04-27 | International Business Machines Corporation | Image sensor pixel circuit |
US6046466A (en) * | 1997-09-12 | 2000-04-04 | Nikon Corporation | Solid-state imaging device |
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