Patents by Inventor Martin Jonathan STEADMAN

Martin Jonathan STEADMAN 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).

  • Patent number: 11317083
    Abstract: An image sensor may be formed from stacked first and second substrates. An array of imaging pixels and verification circuitry may be formed in the first substrate. Row control circuitry may be formed in the second substrate. The row control circuitry may provide row control signals to the array of imaging pixels. The verification circuitry may also receive the row control signals from the row control circuitry. The first substrate may include a plurality of n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors and may not include any p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors. The verification circuitry may include an SR latch circuit with an S node coupled to a pull-up line and an R node coupled to a pull-down transistor to ensure the SR latch circuit starts up in a set state. The verification circuitry may include a level shifter that shifts a control signal voltage when the control signal is at a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Jonathan Steadman, Simon Charles Denny, Saket Sharma
  • Publication number: 20200252603
    Abstract: An image sensor may be formed from stacked first and second substrates. An array of imaging pixels and verification circuitry may be formed in the first substrate. Row control circuitry may be formed in the second substrate. The row control circuitry may provide row control signals to the array of imaging pixels. The verification circuitry may also receive the row control signals from the row control circuitry. The first substrate may include a plurality of n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors and may not include any p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors. The verification circuitry may include an SR latch circuit with an S node coupled to a pull-up line and an R node coupled to a pull-down transistor to ensure the SR latch circuit starts up in a set state. The verification circuitry may include a level shifter that shifts a control signal voltage when the control signal is at a low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Jonathan STEADMAN, Simon Charles DENNY, Saket SHARMA