EP1086578A4 - Capteur d'integration cmos comprenant un circuit totalement differentiel de lecture de colonnes aux fins d'imagerie adaptative a la lumiere - Google Patents

Capteur d'integration cmos comprenant un circuit totalement differentiel de lecture de colonnes aux fins d'imagerie adaptative a la lumiere

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Publication number
EP1086578A4
EP1086578A4 EP99912623A EP99912623A EP1086578A4 EP 1086578 A4 EP1086578 A4 EP 1086578A4 EP 99912623 A EP99912623 A EP 99912623A EP 99912623 A EP99912623 A EP 99912623A EP 1086578 A4 EP1086578 A4 EP 1086578A4
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Prior art keywords
readout circuit
fully differential
column readout
adaptive imaging
cmos integration
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EP99912623A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP1086578A1 (fr
Inventor
Bedabrata Pain
Zhimin Zhou
Eric R Fossum
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California Institute of Technology
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California Institute of Technology
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Publication of EP1086578A1 publication Critical patent/EP1086578A1/fr
Publication of EP1086578A4 publication Critical patent/EP1086578A4/fr
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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
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/46—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by combining or binning pixels
    • 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
    • H04N25/78—Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters
    • 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
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
EP99912623A 1998-03-16 1999-03-16 Capteur d'integration cmos comprenant un circuit totalement differentiel de lecture de colonnes aux fins d'imagerie adaptative a la lumiere Withdrawn EP1086578A4 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US7817298P 1998-03-16 1998-03-16
US78172P 1998-03-16
PCT/US1999/005830 WO1999048281A1 (fr) 1998-03-16 1999-03-16 Capteur d'integration cmos comprenant un circuit totalement differentiel de lecture de colonnes aux fins d'imagerie adaptative a la lumiere

Publications (2)

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EP1086578A1 EP1086578A1 (fr) 2001-03-28
EP1086578A4 true EP1086578A4 (fr) 2001-09-26

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EP (1) EP1086578A4 (fr)
JP (1) JP3708824B2 (fr)
AU (1) AU3096199A (fr)
WO (1) WO1999048281A1 (fr)

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JP3708824B2 (ja) 2005-10-19
EP1086578A1 (fr) 2001-03-28
WO1999048281A1 (fr) 1999-09-23
AU3096199A (en) 1999-10-11
JP2002507863A (ja) 2002-03-12

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