Image sensing device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun Yong Jung
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Abstract
Provided is an image sensing device including a photoelectric element configured to receive a reset signal at a first end and connected to a sensing node at a second end, a reset transistor configured to reset a floating diffusion at a first voltage, a capacitor disposed between the floating diffusion and the sensing node, a driving transistor configured to generate a pixel signal from a charge generated by the photoelectric element based on a second voltage, and a selection transistor configured to provide the pixel signal to an external device, wherein while the selection transistor is turned on, the reset transistor is turned off at a first time point, and the sensing node is reset by the reset signal at a second time point that is later than the first time point.
Claims19
An image sensing device comprising:
- a photoelectric element configured to receive a reset signal at a first end and connected to a sensing node at a second end;
- a reset transistor configured to reset a floating diffusion at a first voltage;
- a capacitor disposed between the floating diffusion and the sensing node;
- a driving transistor configured to generate a pixel signal from a charge generated by the photoelectric element based on a second voltage;
- a selection transistor configured to provide the pixel signal to an external device;
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- a timing generator configured to turn off the reset transistor while the selection transistor is turned on at a first time point, and while the selection transistor is turned on, reset the sensing node by the reset signal at a second time point that is later than the first time point.
An image sensing device comprising:
- a pixel array comprising at least one pixel;
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- a timing generator configured to provide a first reset signal, a second reset signal, and a selection signal to the pixel array,
- wherein each of the at least one pixel comprises:
- a photoelectric element configured to reset a storage node connected to a first end based on the first reset signal received at a second end,
- a reset transistor gated to the second reset signal and configured to reset a floating diffusion,
- a capacitor disposed between the storage node and the floating diffusion,
- a driving transistor configured to generate a pixel signal based on a charge generated by the photoelectric element, and
- a selection transistor which is gated to a selection signal and configured to output the pixel signal to an external device, and
- the timing generator configured to first disable the second reset signal while enabling the selection signal, and then enable the first reset signal while the selection signal is enabled.
An image sensing device comprising:
- a first circuit configured to generate a first pixel signal based on a charge generated by a first photoelectric element using three transistors and configured to output the first pixel signal to a first comparator;
- a second circuit configured to generate a second pixel signal based on a charge generated by a second photoelectric element using four transistors and configured to output the second pixel signal to a second comparator;
- a ramp signal generator configured to provide a first ramp signal to the first comparator and configured to provide a second ramp signal to the second comparator;
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- a timing generator configured to provide a first reset signal, a second reset signal, and a selection signal to the first circuit,
- wherein the ramp signal generator is configured to provide the first comparator with a first ramp signal to which a first pulse of a first magnitude and a second pulse of a second magnitude that is greater than the first magnitude are sequentially applied, and configured to provide the second comparator with a second ramp signal to which a third pulse of a third magnitude and a fourth pulse of a fourth magnitude that is greater than the third magnitude are sequentially applied, during a sensing period of the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal,
- wherein the first circuit comprises:
- a first reset transistor configured to reset a first floating node based on the second reset signal,
- a first driving transistor configured to generate the first pixel signal based on the charge generated by the first photoelectric element,
- a first selection transistor configured to transfer the first pixel signal to the first comparator based on the selection signal, and
- a capacitor disposed between the first floating node and a sensing node connected to the first photoelectric element,
- wherein the first reset transistor is configured to turn off by the second reset signal while the first selection transistor is turned on, and
- wherein the first photoelectric element is configured to reset the sensing node by the first reset signal while the selection transistor is turned on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.