Imaging systems and methods including an alternating pixel arrangement
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorJeffrey Rahn
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Abstract
An imaging system includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a common ground line, a plurality of capacitors and an array of pixels that are alternately arranged so that the common ground line is shared by the plurality of capacitors and shared by at least two rows or columns of pixels. A method of forming an array of pixels in an imaging system includes forming a plurality of gate lines, forming a plurality of data lines, forming a common ground line, forming a plurality of capacitors and forming the array of pixels to be alternately arranged so that the common ground line is shared by the plurality of capacitors and shared by at least two rows of pixels.
Claims20
An imaging system including an alternating pixel arrangement, comprising:
- a plurality of gate lines;
- a plurality of data lines;
- a common ground line;
- a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- an array of pixels that are alternately arranged so that the common ground line is shared by the plurality of capacitors and shared by at least two rows or columns of pixels.
A method of forming an array of pixels in an imaging system, comprising:
- forming a plurality of gate lines;
- forming a plurality of data lines;
- forming a common ground line;
- forming a plurality of capacitors;
- and
- forming the array of pixels to be alternately arranged so that the common ground line is shared by the plurality of capacitors and shared by at least two rows or columns of pixels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.