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AssigneeRambus Inc.
InventorsCraig M. Smith, Michael Guidash, Jay Endsley, Thomas Vogelsang, James E. Harris
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In a pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor, each of a plurality of pixels is evaluated to determine whether charge integrated within the pixel in response to incident light exceeds a first threshold. N-bit digital samples corresponding to the charge integrated within at least a subset of the plurality of pixels are generated, and then applied to a lookup table to retrieve respective M-bit digital values (M being less than N), wherein a stepwise range of charge integration levels represented by possible states of the M-bit digital values extends upward from a starting charge integration level that is determined based on the first threshold.
A method of operation within an integrated circuit image sensor having a pixel array, the method comprising:
An integrated-circuit image sensor comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores data representative of an integrated-circuit image sensor comprising:
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