CMOS image sensor with a low-power architecture

Details CMOS image sensor with a low-power architecture CMOS image sensor with a low-power architecture

2007-10-23

2007-10-23

Villecco, John M. (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Power supply

C348S302000, C348S229100, C250S208100, C341S155000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11418268

ABSTRACT:
A system of reducing power consumption in and active pixels sensor. The sensor is broken into different blocks, and each of the blocks is individually optimized. The optimization may include minimizing the parasitic capacitance on the readout bus, turning off biases when not in use, and operating in a way that minimizes static power consumption of different elements such as A/D converters.

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