292 patents
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Vertical Gate Structure and Layout In a Cmos Image Sensor
22 Apr 21
A pixel cell includes a photodiode buried beneath a first side of semiconductor material and coupled to photogenerate image charge in response to incident light.
Hui Zang, Gang Chen
Filed: 16 Oct 19
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Subrange ADC for Image Sensor
8 Apr 21
A subrange analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts analog image signal received from a bitline to a digital signal through an ADC comparator.
Chao-Fang Tsai, Zheng Yang
Filed: 2 Oct 19
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Passive Speckle-suppressing Diffusers and Associated Methods and Illuminators
8 Apr 21
A passive speckle-suppressing diffuser includes a microlens array for diffusing a light field originating from one or more coherent light beams, and a diffractive optical element mounted in series with the microlens array and having a pixelated thickness distribution, characterized by a spatial variation across the diffractive optical element, to impose a spatially varying phase shift on the light field.
Shih-Hsin HSU, Jau-Jan DENG, Wei-Ping CHEN
Filed: 7 Oct 19
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Image Sensor with Micro-structured Color Filter
25 Mar 21
An image sensor includes a two-dimensional photodiode-array formed in a semiconductor substrate, a first waveguide, and a first color filter.
Alireza BONAKDAR, Zhiqiang LIN
Filed: 19 Sep 19
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Backside Illuminated Sensor Pixel Structure
18 Mar 21
Backside illuminated sensor pixel structure.
Gang Chen, Qin Wang
Filed: 18 Sep 19
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Light Control for Improved Near Infrared Sensitivity and Channel Separation
18 Mar 21
Light control for improved near infrared sensitivity and channel separation for an image sensor.
Cheng Zhao, Chen-Wei Lu, Cunyu Yang, Ping-Hsu Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, Chengming Liu
Filed: 13 Sep 19
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Image Sensor with Reduced Petal Flare
11 Mar 21
An image sensor includes a substrate material, an array of the color filters, an array of waveguides and spacers.
Alireza Bonakdar, Zhiqiang Lin
Filed: 6 Sep 19
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Versatile Image Sensor Circuit
4 Mar 21
A photodiode array circuit includes a plurality of photodiode circuits, binning circuitry, and a plurality of output circuits.
Rui Wang, Hiroaki Ebihara, Eiichi Funatsu
Filed: 29 Aug 19
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3D Imaging Using Phase Detection Autofocus (Pdaf) Image Sensor
25 Feb 21
A 3D imaging system comprises a phase detection autofocus (PDAF) image sensor, a lens for imaging a cross-section of a 3D object on the PDAF image sensor and an actuator for driving the lens for focusing each cross-section of the 3D object on the PDAF image sensor.
Anson Chan, Lequn Liu, Suganda Jutamulia
Filed: 21 Aug 19
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Pixel Array with Isolated Pixels
25 Feb 21
A pixel array includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of isolation layer segments, and a plurality of photodiodes.
Qin Wang, Gang Chen
Filed: 22 Aug 19
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Surface-mount Device Platform and Assembly
25 Feb 21
A surface-mount device platform includes a surface-mounting region, a connection region, and a bendable region therebetween, each including a respective part of a base substrate.
Teng-Sheng CHEN, Chien-Chan YEH, Cheng-Fang CHIU, Wei-Feng LIN
Filed: 22 Aug 19
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Fully Buried Color Filter Array of Image Sensor
18 Feb 21
An image sensor includes a substrate.
Gang Chen, Yuanwei Zheng, Qin Wang, Cunyu Yang, Guannan Chen, Duli Mao, Dyson H. Tai, Lindsay Alexander Grant
Filed: 13 Aug 19
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Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor Wafers, and Methods of Manufacturing the Same
4 Feb 21
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device.
CHIA-YING LIU, WU-ZANG YANG, CHIA-JUNG LIU, CHI-CHIH HUANG
Filed: 29 Jul 19
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Enhanced Shutter Efficiency Time-of-Flight Pixel
28 Jan 21
A time-of-flight pixel array comprises multiple pixel cells.
Eric Webster
Filed: 22 Jul 19
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Image Sensor with Electronic Global Shutter and Differential Sensing Using Reset-sampling Capacitor Shared Among Multiple Image Storage Capacitors
28 Jan 21
An image sensor has an array of pixel blocks, and each pixel block having associated shutter transistors with each coupled to transfer an image signal comprising a charge dependent on light exposure of a selected pixel onto an image storage capacitor of a plurality of image storage capacitors associated with the pixel block, the image storage capacitors of the pixel block configured to be read through a differential amplifier into an analog to digital converter.
Keiji Mabuchi, Sohei Manabe, Lindsay Grant
Filed: 26 Jul 19
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Digital CDS Readout with 1.5 ADC Conversions Per Pixel
28 Jan 21
A CMOS image sensor comprises an array of pixels.
Oyvind Janbu, Tore Martinussen
Filed: 13 Oct 20
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Charge Collection Gate with Central Collection Photodiode In Time of Flight Pixel
28 Jan 21
A pixel circuit includes a photodiode disposed in a semiconductor material layer to accumulate image charge in response to light incident upon the photodiode.
Woon Il Choi
Filed: 25 Jul 19
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Tri-gate Charge Transfer Block Structure In Time of Flight Pixel
28 Jan 21
A pixel circuit includes a photodiode in semiconductor material to accumulate image charge in response to incident light.
Woon Il Choi, Sohei Manabe
Filed: 25 Jul 19
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Sample and Hold Switch Driver Circuitry with Slope Control
21 Jan 21
A switch driver circuit includes a first transistor coupled between a voltage supply and a first output node.
Zhe Gao, Ling Fu, Yu-Shen Yang, Tiejun Dai
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Column Amplifier Reset Circuit with Comparator
21 Jan 21
A column amplifier with a comparator for use in an image sensor includes an amplifier coupled to receive an input signal representative of an image charge from a pixel cell of the image sensor.
Hiroaki Ebihara, Zheng Yang
Filed: 18 Jul 19