Patents by Inventor Stephen James SPINKS

Stephen James SPINKS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240304647
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an image sensor pixel array. The image sensor pixel array may include active image sensor pixels and non-active image sensor pixels. A line of peripheral image sensor pixels may be coupled to a corresponding interconnect structure via a pixel signal path. The pixel signal path may include portions that overlap pass-through pixels and a keep-out region beyond an edge of the image sensor pixel array. Multiple interconnect structures may connect the image sensor pixel array implemented on a first integrated circuit die to pixel control and readout circuitry on a second integrated circuit die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul COWLEY, Andrew David TALBOT, Stephen James SPINKS
  • Publication number: 20240187755
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each column of imaging pixels may include a respective plurality of column output lines. Each column output line may be coupled to a respective subset of the imaging pixels in that column of imaging pixels. Each plurality of column output lines for a given column may be coupled to readout circuitry. Each group of column output lines may share a single respective sample and hold circuit and a single respective analog-to-digital converter. Alternatively, each group of column output lines may have one sample and hold circuit per column output line and each group of column output lines may share a single respective analog-to-digital converter. Alternatively, each group of column output lines may have one sample and hold circuit per column output line and may have one analog-to-digital converter per column output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David TALBOT, Stephen James SPINKS, Nicholas Paul COWLEY