Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Tran, Sinh (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S308000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07995113
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides digital imaging architectures comprising detectors coupled to readout circuitry, wherein the readout circuitry is capable of providing large amplification to small, noise sensitive input signals to improve their noise immunity, as well as capable of providing a fast pixel readout time. The readout circuitry comprises an on-pixel amplification transistor as well as additional transistors used to read out the amplified signal and/or to reset the amplified output signal stored by a portion of the circuit prior to reading a subsequent signal. The present invention also provides readout circuitry that is capable of providing large amplification and thus additional noise immunity to the input signal from the detector by implementing another amplification stage within the readout circuitry. The readout circuitry can function in particular modes, the use of which can depend on characteristics of the input signals transferred to the readout circuitry from the detectors, or can depend on the characteristics of the output signal required from the readout circuitry.
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Izadi Mohammad Hadi
Karim Karim S.
Taghibakhsh Farhad
Christensen O'Connor Johnson & Kindness PLLC
Peterson Christopher K
Simon Fraser University
Tran Sinh
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