AU2937300A - Image sensor's unit cell with individually controllable electronic shutter circuit - Google Patents

Image sensor's unit cell with individually controllable electronic shutter circuit

Info

Publication number: AU2937300A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: image sensor; unit cell; electronic shutter; individually controllable; controllable electronic
Prior art date: 1999-03-04
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU29373/00A

Inventor

Moshe Stark

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Vision Sciences Inc

Original Assignee

Vision Sciences Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-03-04

Filing date

2000-03-02

Publication date

2000-09-21

2000-03-02 Application filed by Vision Sciences Inc filed Critical Vision Sciences Inc

2000-09-21 Publication of AU2937300A publication Critical patent/AU2937300A/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
- H10F39/80—Constructional details of image sensors
- H10F39/803—Pixels having integrated switching, control, storage or amplification elements
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
- H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
- H04N25/533—Control of the integration time by using differing integration times for different sensor regions
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
- H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
- H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
- H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
- H04N25/581—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously
- H04N25/583—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously with different integration times
- 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
- H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
- H10F39/10—Integrated devices
- H10F39/12—Image sensors
- H10F39/18—Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor [CMOS] image sensors; Photodiode array image 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)

AU29373/00A 1999-03-04 2000-03-02 Image sensor's unit cell with individually controllable electronic shutter circuit Abandoned AU2937300A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US12188699P	1999-03-04	1999-03-04
US60121886		1999-03-04
US42645299A	1999-10-25	1999-10-25
US09426452		1999-10-25
PCT/IL2000/000129 WO2000052926A1 (en)	1999-03-04	2000-03-02	Image sensor's unit cell with individually controllable electronic shutter circuit

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2937300A true AU2937300A (en)	2000-09-21

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU29373/00A Abandoned AU2937300A (en)	1999-03-04	2000-03-02	Image sensor's unit cell with individually controllable electronic shutter circuit

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1166550A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2003521836A (en)
AU (1)	AU2937300A (en)
WO (1)	WO2000052926A1 (en)

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2000
- 2000-03-02 AU AU29373/00A patent/AU2937300A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-03-02 JP JP2000603238A patent/JP2003521836A/en active Pending
- 2000-03-02 EP EP00907913A patent/EP1166550A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-03-02 WO PCT/IL2000/000129 patent/WO2000052926A1/en active Application Filing

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EP1166550A1 (en)	2002-01-02
WO2000052926A1 (en)	2000-09-08
JP2003521836A (en)	2003-07-15
EP1166550A4 (en)	2005-09-14

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GB9929501D0 (en)	2000-02-09	Image sensor
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GB9828544D0 (en)	1999-02-17	Image sensor
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GB2358563B (en)	2002-01-16	Electronic circuitry
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AU4437499A (en)	1999-12-30	Image sensor with cropping

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-01-25	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase