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US 7,804,117 B2Granted
Capacitor over red pixel
AssigneeAptina Imaging Corporation
InventorJeffrey A. McKee
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Abstract
A red pixel having a capacitor formed over the photo-conversion region of the pixel. The capacitor can be used by other pixels as a common capacitor. The capacitor is coupled to floating diffusion region shared by a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels also share readout circuitry.
Claims18
A pixel array, comprising:
- at least first and second pixels having respective photo-conversion regions, where said first pixel is a red pixel;
- and
- a capacitor electrically coupled to said first pixel, the entire capacitor directly over said photo-conversion region of said first pixel.
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a pixel array, comprising:
- at least first and second pixels having respective photo-conversion regions, where said first pixel is a red pixel;
- and
- a capacitor electrically coupled to said first pixel, the entire capacitor directly over said photo-conversion region of said first pixel.
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An imaging system, comprising:
- a pixel array, comprising:
- at least first and second pixels having respective photo-conversion regions, where said first pixel is a red pixel;
- and
- a capacitor electrically coupled to said first pixel, the entire capacitor directly over said photo-conversion region of said first pixel.
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A processor system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- an imager, comprising:
- a pixel array, comprising:
- at least first and second pixels having respective photo-conversion regions, where said first pixel is a red pixel;
- and
- a capacitor electrically coupled to said first pixel, the entire capacitor directly over said photo-conversion region of said first pixel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.