593 patents
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Reduced cross-talk pixel-array substrate and fabrication method
4 Jul 23
A pixel-array substrate includes a semiconductor substrate, a buffer layer, and a metal annulus.
Seong Yeol Mun
Filed: 30 Dec 20
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Pixel formation method
4 Jul 23
A method for forming a pixel includes forming, in a semiconductor substrate, a wide trench having an upper depth with respect to a planar top surface of the semiconductor substrate.
Hui Zang, Gang Chen
Filed: 20 Dec 21
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Video coding device and method
4 Jul 23
A video encoding method includes (i) determining a current bit rate of a communication channel between a destination device and a source device that stores an input video frame, and (ii) generating a current reconstructed frame and an encoded bitstream at least in part via inter-frame coding of a current input video frame of a sequence of input video frames using a previously-generated reconstructed frame generated at least in part via inter-frame coding of a previous input video frame.
Hitoshi Watanabe
Filed: 8 Sep 21
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CMOS Image Sensor Pixel for High Dynamic Range Capturing
29 Jun 23
An image sensor element includes a transfer transistor TX, a LOFIC select transistor LF, a photodiode PD, and a first overflow path OFP.
Yoshiharu Kudo
Filed: 27 Dec 21
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Transistors Having Increased Effective Channel Width
29 Jun 23
An image sensor includes a photodiode disposed in a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface.
Chiao-Ti Huang, Sing-Chung Hu, Yuanwei Zheng, Bill Phan
Filed: 2 Mar 23
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Multi-layer Metal Stack for Active Pixel Region and Black Pixel Region of Image Sensor and Methods Thereof
29 Jun 23
An image sensor includes an active pixel photodiode, a black pixel photodiode, a metal grid structure, and a light shield.
Kazufumi Watanabe, Chih-Wei Hsiung, Chao Niu
Filed: 23 Dec 21
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Passivation-enhanced Image Sensor and Surface-passivation Method
29 Jun 23
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate and a multilayer film.
Shiyu SUN, Yuanwei ZHENG
Filed: 27 Dec 21
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Image Sensor with In-pixel Background Subtraction and Motion Detection
29 Jun 23
An imaging system includes a pixel array configured to generate image charge voltage signals in response to incident light received from an external scene.
Zhiyong Zhan, Tongtong Yu, Zheng Yang, Wei Deng
Filed: 2 Mar 23
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Image sensor with through silicon fin transfer gate
23 May 23
A device includes a photodiode, a floating diffusion region, a transfer gate, and a channel region.
Qin Wang, Gang Chen
Filed: 20 Aug 20
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Image sensor with through silicon fin transfer gate
23 May 23
A device includes a photodiode, a floating diffusion region, a transfer gate, and a channel region.
Qin Wang, Gang Chen
Filed: 20 Aug 20
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Dual row select pixel for fast pixel binning
23 May 23
A pixel array includes pixel cells, each including photodiodes.
Tiejun Dai, Hiroaki Ebihara, Sang Joo Lee, Rui Wang, Hiroki Ui
Filed: 8 Oct 20
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Differential subrange ADC for image sensor
23 May 23
A differential subrange analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts differential analog image signals received from sample and hold circuits to a digital signal through an ADC comparator.
Chao-Fang Tsai, Zheng Yang, Chun-Hsiang Chang
Filed: 2 Dec 21
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Dark-current Inhibiting Image Sensor and Method
18 May 23
A dark-current-inhibiting image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a thin and a thin junction.
Yifei DU, Zhiqiang LIN, Hui ZANG, Seong Yeol MUN
Filed: 18 Nov 21
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Imaging system for detecting human-object interaction and a method for detecting human-object interaction
16 May 23
The present application discloses an imaging system for detecting human-object interaction and a method for detecting human-object interaction thereof.
Shimiao Li, Zhongyang Huang, Guansong Liu
Filed: 5 Aug 21
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Layout design of dual row select structure
16 May 23
A pixel array includes pixel cells disposed in semiconductor material.
Sang Joo Lee, Rui Wang, Hiroaki Ebihara, Tiejun Dai, Hiroki Ui
Filed: 8 Oct 20
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Stacked Image Sensor
11 May 23
A stacked image sensor includes a signal-processing circuitry layer, a pixel-array substrate, a heat-transport layer, and a thermal via.
Zhiyong ZHAN, Yin QIAN
Filed: 5 Nov 21
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Voltage Regulation for Increased Robustness In Indirect Time-of-flight Sensors
11 May 23
A time-of-flight sensor includes an integrated circuit chip in which a voltage regulator and a load are disposed.
Zheng Yang, Qi Niu, Andreas Suess
Filed: 28 Oct 21
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Image sensor with sub-pixel photodiode array with multiple mini-wire grid polarizers for polarization imaging
9 May 23
An image sensor configured to resolve intensity and polarization has multiple pixels each having a single microlens adapted to focus light on a central photodiode surrounded by at least a first, a second, a third, and a fourth peripheral photodiodes, where a first polarizer at a first angle is disposed upon the first peripheral photodiode, a third polarizer at a third angle is disposed upon the third peripheral photodiode, a second polarizer at a second angle is disposed upon the second peripheral photodiode, and a fourth polarizer at a fourth angle is disposed upon the fourth peripheral photodiode, the first, second, third, and fourth angles being different.
Victor Lenchenkov
Filed: 14 Oct 21
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Determining depth information from a single camera
9 May 23
An optical system comprises an imaging lens for imaging an object to an image and a sensing pixel array for detecting lights from the object toward the image.
Richard Mann, Badrinath Padmanabhan, Boyd Fowler, Alireza Bonakdar, Eiichi Funatsu
Filed: 5 Dec 20
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Method for forming LED flickering reduction (LFR) film for HDR image sensor and image sensor having same
9 May 23
A pixel array for a high definition (HD) image sensor is disclosed.
Seong Yeol Mun
Filed: 7 Dec 20