Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Patent
1999-05-13
2000-05-30
Ngo, Ngan V.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
257291, 257532, 250214A, 250214LA, H01L 31062, H01L 2900
Patent
active
060693770
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor based image sensor having a timer that is associated with each photosite in the image sensor; and measuring the integration period of that photosite using the timer. Additionally, an imager sensor that does not require an A/D converter but instead uses a comparator circuit to determine when a predetermined threshold has been reached, thus reading as discrete amounts of stored charge which converts directly into a digital representation.
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Guidash Robert M.
Prentice Wayne E.
Eastman Kodak Company
Leimbach James D.
Ngo Ngan V.
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