Patents by Inventor Genis CHAPINAL GOMEZ

Genis CHAPINAL GOMEZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pixel circuitry with voltage-domain sampling
    Patent number: 12047697
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The array of image pixel may be coupled to row control circuitry and column readout circuitry. An image pixel in the array may include a charge integration portion having a photodiode, a floating diffusion region, and a capacitor coupled to the floating diffusion region and may include a voltage-domain sampling portion having three capacitors. High light and low light image level and reset level signals may be sampled and stored at the voltage-domain sampling portion before being readout to the column readout circuitry during a readout operation. The high light reset level signal may be sampled and stored during the readout operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Manuel H. Innocent, Tomas Geurts, Genis Chapinal Gomez, Tze Ching Fung, Bartosz Piotr Banachowicz
  • PIXEL CIRCUITRY WITH VOLTAGE-DOMAIN SAMPLING
    Publication number: 20220264042
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The array of image pixel may be coupled to row control circuitry and column readout circuitry. An image pixel in the array may include a charge integration portion having a photodiode, a floating diffusion region, and a capacitor coupled to the floating diffusion region and may include a voltage-domain sampling portion having three capacitors. High light and low light image level and reset level signals may be sampled and stored at the voltage-domain sampling portion before being readout to the column readout circuitry during a readout operation. The high light reset level signal may be sampled and stored during the readout operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Manuel H. INNOCENT, Tomas GEURTS, Genis CHAPINAL GOMEZ, Tze Ching FUNG, Bartosz Piotr BANACHOWICZ