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US 8,796,606 B2Granted
Image sensing device for fast signal processing
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorYoung Chul Sohn
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Abstract
An image sensing device includes a first circuit unit configured to convert an image signal provided from a first pixel into a digital value and generate first image data, a second circuit unit configured to convert an image signal provided from a second pixel into a digital value and generate second image data, and a processing unit configured to receive the first image data and the second image data at a substantially same time and sequentially output the first image data and the second image data according to a predetermined speed.
Claims14
An image sensing device comprising:
- a first circuit unit configured to convert an image signal from a first pixel into a first image data as a first digital value;
- a second circuit unit configured to convert an image signal from a second pixel into a second image data as a second digital value;
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- a processing unit configured to receive the first image data and the second image data substantially at the same time and sequentially output the first image data and the second image data according to a predetermined speed,
- wherein the processing unit comprises:
- a first flip-flop configured to receive the first image data in response to the first clock signal;
- a second flip-flop configured to receive the second image data in response to the first clock signal;
- a first multiplexing unit configured to receive the first image data stored in the first flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the first image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the second clock signal;
- a second multiplexing unit configured to receive the second image data stored in the second flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the second image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the second clock signal;
- a third flip-flop configured to output the signal transferred from the first multiplexing unit in response to the third clock signal;
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- a fourth flip-flop configured to transfer the signal transferred from the second multiplexing unit to the second terminal of the first multiplexing unit in response to the third clock signal.
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An image sensing device comprising:
- a first circuit unit configured to convert an image signal from a first pixel into a digital value and generate first image data;
- a second circuit unit configured to convert an image signal from a second pixel into a digital value and generate second image data;
- a data reception unit configured to receive the first image data and the second image data at a substantially same time in correspondence to a first clock signal;
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- a data output unit configured to sequentially output the first image data and the second image data received from the data reception unit in correspondence to a second clock signal according to a predetermined speed,
- wherein the data reception unit comprises:
- a first flip-flop configured to receive the first image data in response to the first clock signal;
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- a second flip-flop configured to receive the second image data in response to the first clock signal, and
- wherein the data output unit comprises:
- a first multiplexing unit configured to receive the first image data stored in the first flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the first image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the third clock signal;
- a second multiplexing unit configured to receive the second image data stored in the second flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the second image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the third clock signal;
- a third flip-flop configured to output the signal transferred from the first multiplexing unit in response to the second clock signal;
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- a fourth flip-flop configured to transfer the signal transferred from the second multiplexing unit to the second terminal of the first multiplexing unit in response to the second clock signal.
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An image sensing device comprising:
- a first comparator configured to compare a ramp signal with a first pixel signal from a first pixel;
- a second comparator configured to compare the ramp signal with a second pixel signal from a second pixel;
- a first counter configured to perform a counting operation according to the comparison result of the first comparator and generate a first digital value corresponding to the first pixel signal;
- a second counter configured to perform a counting operation according to the comparison result of the second comparator and generate a second digital value corresponding to the second pixel signal;
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- a processing unit configured to receive the first digital value from the first counter and the second digital value from the second counter at a substantially same time and sequentially output the first digital value and the second digital value according to a predetermined speed,
- wherein the processing unit comprises:
- a data reception unit configured to receive the first digital value and the second digital value in correspondence to a first clock signal;
- a transfer unit configured to transfer the first digital value and the second digital value, which are received from the data reception unit, in correspondence to a second clock signal;
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- a data output unit configured to sequentially output the first digital value and the second digital value, which are received from the transfer unit, in correspondence to a third clock signal corresponding to the predetermined speed,
- wherein the data output unit comprises:
- a first multiplexing unit configured to receive a first image data stored in a first flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the first image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the third clock signal;
- a second multiplexing unit configured to receive a second image data stored in a second flip-flop through a first terminal and transfer the second image data, or output a signal received through a second terminal, in response to the third clock signal;
- a first flip-flop configured to output the signal transferred from the first multiplexing unit in response to the second clock signal;
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- a second flip-flop configured to transfer the signal transferred from the second multiplexing unit to the second terminal of the first multiplexing unit in response to the second clock signal.
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