Dual storage node pixel for CMOS sensor

Details Dual storage node pixel for CMOS sensor Dual storage node pixel for CMOS sensor

2007-10-23

2007-10-23

Vu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Solid-state image sensor

C257S293000, C250S208100

Reexamination Certificate

active

10162107

ABSTRACT:
A sensor includes control circuitry and a pixel. The pixel includes a photo site, a first storage node and a second storage node. The control circuitry causes the pixel to transfer a first collected signal from the photo site to the first storage node during a first period, to transfer a second collected signal from the photo site to the second storage node during a second period that follows the first period, and to transfer the first and second collected signals out of the pixel during a third period that follows the second period.

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