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AU2001293062A1 - Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation - Google Patents

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AU2001293062A1 - Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation - Google Patents

Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation

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Publication number
AU2001293062A1
AU2001293062A1 AU2001293062A AU9306201A AU2001293062A1 AU 2001293062 A1 AU2001293062 A1 AU 2001293062A1 AU 2001293062 A AU2001293062 A AU 2001293062A AU 9306201 A AU9306201 A AU 9306201A AU 2001293062 A1 AU2001293062 A1 AU 2001293062A1 Authority
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Australia
Prior art keywords
noise cancellation
pixel sensor
active pixel
active
sensor
Prior art date
2000-09-25
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Abandoned
Application number
AU2001293062A
Inventor
Richard B. Merrill
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Foveon Inc
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Foveon Inc
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2000-09-25
Filing date
2001-09-24
Publication date
2002-04-08
2001-09-24 Application filed by Foveon Inc filed Critical Foveon Inc
2002-04-08 Publication of AU2001293062A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001293062A1/en
Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/65—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to reset noise, e.g. KTC noise related to CMOS structures by techniques other than CDS
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/616—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise involving a correlated sampling function, e.g. correlated double sampling [CDS] or triple sampling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
    • H04N25/771—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components comprising storage means other than floating diffusion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/78—Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
AU2001293062A 2000-09-25 2001-09-24 Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation Abandoned AU2001293062A1 (en)

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US23537500P 2000-09-25 2000-09-25
US60/235,375 2000-09-25
US09/963,027 US6940551B2 (en) 2000-09-25 2001-09-24 Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation
PCT/US2001/029945 WO2002027763A2 (en) 2000-09-25 2001-09-24 Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation
US09/123,592 2001-09-24

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