Abstract: An image sensor array and circuit design and method employing a voltage and current detection circuit capable of quantifying a power signal, grounding signal, internal reference voltage and internal reference current. An image sensor comprising the invented circuit design may be incorporated within a digital camera.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel structure, an image sensor, a device, an image processing method and a control method.

Abstract: A CMOS image sensor with an imaging array of pixels containing selected pixels wherein illumination from a normal image is received by one set of pixels and illumination from an LED light source is received by another. The readout method serially separates the normal image signal from the LED light sourced signal. The signal from the selected pixels is resilient against saturation and thereby contributes to increased HDR. The image sensor array and readout method may be incorporated within a digital camera.

Abstract: An imaging system with an array of pixel cell units having four photodiodes sharing the same readout amplifier, row select transistor, microlens and filter color. Some pixel cell units provide a phase detection autofocus function. The imaging system provides the option of imaging with phase detection autofocus and with or without horizontal or vertical binning readout modes, or both simultaneously, to form an a full resolution image of the target scene with improved effective frame rate and improved slow motion imaging.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel structure, an image sensor, a device, an image processing method and a control method.

Abstract: An imaging system with an array of pixel cell units having four photodiodes sharing the same readout amplifier, row select transistor, microlens and filter color. Some pixel cell units provide a phase detection autofocus function. The imaging system provides the option of imaging with phase detection autofocus and with or without horizontal or vertical binning readout modes, or both simultaneously, to form an a full resolution image of the target scene with improved effective frame rate and improved slow motion imaging.

Abstract: This application belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and relates to a pixel circuit, a control method, and an image sensor, including: at least two pixel units arranged in an array, wherein transmission transistors of at least two pixels of at least one pixel unit are connected to a corresponding first group of transmission control lines, and a transmission transistor of one other pixel is connected to a corresponding second group of transmission control lines. Therefore, the pixel circuit, the control method and the image sensor provided in the present application can control the density of phase focus of the image sensor by controlling the first group of transmission control lines and the second group of transmission control lines without changing the structure of the pixel, the structure is simple, and the optical performance is good.

Abstract: This application belongs to the technical field of semiconductor devices, and relates to a pixel circuit, a control method, and an image sensor, including: at least two pixel units arranged in an array, wherein transmission transistors of two pixels of at least one pixel unit are connected to a corresponding first group of transmission control lines, and transmission transistors of other pixel unit are connected to a corresponding second group of transmission control lines. Therefore, the pixel circuit, the control method and the image sensor provided in the present application can control the density of phase focus of the image sensor by controlling the first group of transmission control lines and the second group of transmission control lines without changing the structure of the pixel, the structure is simple, and the optical performance is good.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel structure, an image sensor, a device, an image processing method and a control method.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel has a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.

Abstract: An image sensor pixel noise suppression circuit having a source follower transistor based pixel circuit, a power supply voltage and noise mirror circuit, a power supply voltage and noise gain circuit, and a comparator circuit. An output of the comparator circuit provides an image related output signal wherein the noise component of the source follower signal has been suppressed. The invention further includes a CMOS image sensor containing the image sensor pixel noise suppression circuit.

Abstract: An image sensor array and circuit design employs a method of black level compensation to address vertical image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor having the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera.

Abstract: An image sensor array and circuit design employs a method of black level compensation to address vertical image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor having the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel comprises a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel has a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.

Abstract: An image sensor pixel noise suppression circuit having a source follower transistor based pixel circuit, a power supply voltage and noise mirror circuit, a power supply voltage and noise gain circuit, and a comparator circuit. An output of the comparator circuit provides an image related output signal wherein the noise component of the source follower signal has been suppressed. The invention further includes a CMOS image sensor containing the image sensor pixel noise suppression circuit.

Abstract: An imaging sensor having a pixel array with a separate analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit coupled on an input side to each column line and on an output side to a separate M-bit wide digital memory circuit and a column data readout circuit comprising N M-bit data shifters. Each M-bit data shifter has an M-bit wide output, and single pole double throw (SPDT) switches whose common terminals provide inputs to the M-bit data shifters, wherein a first switch state of the SPDT switches connects the input of their associated M-bit data shifters to their associated M-bit wide digital memory circuits and wherein a second switch state of the SPDT switches connects the input of their associated M-bit data shifters to an M-bit wide output bus from an adjacent M-bit data shifter.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel unit, an apparatus thereof, and a method thereof. The pixel unit comprises a first and a second transfer transistors with different photosensitive areas coupled to a floating diffusion and transfer the charges generated by a first and a second photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period thereto; a capacitor with a first end coupled to a specified voltage; a gain control transistor coupled between the second end of the capacitor and the floating diffusion for imposing an isolation control therebetween; a reset transistor coupled to the second end of the capacitor and the gain control transistor for resetting the level of the coupling point therebetween via a reset control signal; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signals.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel comprises a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.