LED Flicker Mitigation for Motion Pictures

An apparatus comprising a plurality of pixel sensors connected to a bit line, each pixel sensor comprising a photodetector comprising:

• a photodiode;
• a floating diffusion node;
• a buffer connected to said floating diffusion node that produces a pixel output signal having a voltage that is a monotonic function of a voltage on said floating diffusion node;
• a bit line gate that connects said pixel output signal to said bit line in response to a row select signal;
• a first reset gate that connects said floating diffusion node to a first reset voltage source in response to a first reset signal;
• a first transfer gate that connects said photodiode to said floating diffusion node in response to a first transfer signal;
• an overflow capacitor connected to said floating diffusion node via a second transfer gate that connects said overflow capacitor to said floating diffusion node in response to a second transfer signal;
• an overflow transfer gate that connects said photodiode to said overflow capacitor in response to an overflow transfer gate signal;
• and
• a second reset gate that connects said overflow capacitor and overflow transfer gate to said first reset voltage source in response to a second reset signal being applied to said second reset gate and said overflow transfer gate.