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US 2018/0019273 A1Published application
Energy harvesting configurable image sensor
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorWalter Daniel Leon-Salas
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Abstract
An image sensor is provided, comprising a plurality of photo-diode pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, an energy harvesting output bus connected to the pixels, an image sensing output bus connected to the pixels, and a plurality of switching busses, the switching buses connected to the pixels to direct output of a varying percentage of the pixels to either the energy harvesting output bus or the sensing bus.
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An image sensor, comprising:
- a plurality of photo-diode pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array;
- an energy harvesting output bus connected to the pixels;
- an image sensing output bus connected to the pixels;
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- a plurality of switching busses, the switching buses connected to the pixels to direct output of a varying percentage of the pixels to the energy harvesting output bus.
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