Inventor · Mortsel, BE

Bart Dierickx

37Patents
12h-index
25Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 18, 1996 → Dec 20, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5933190A Pixel structure, image sensor using such pixel structure and corresponding peripheral circuitry Electricity 254 Expired
US6225670A Detector for electromagnetic radiation, pixel structure with high sensitivity using such detector and method of manufacturing such detector Electricity 67 Expired
US7750958B1 Pixel structure Electricity 54 Active
US6011251A Method for obtaining a high dynamic range read-out signal of a CMOS-based pixel structure and such CMOS-based pixel structure Electricity 53 Expired
US6683360B1 Multiple or graded epitaxial wafers for particle or radiation detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US7224389B2 Method to adjust the signal level of an active pixel and corresponding active pixel Electricity 43 Expired
US8286112B2 Methods for characterization of electronic circuits under process variability effects Physics 33 Active
US5953060A Method for reducing fixed pattern noise in solid state imaging devices Electricity 33 Expired
US6815791B1 Buried, fully depletable, high fill factor photodiodes Electricity 20 Expired
US8440957B2 Counting pixel with good dynamic range properties Electricity 19 Active
US6690074B1 Radiation resistant semiconductor device structure Electricity 16 Expired
US8198577B2 High dynamic range analog X-ray photon counting Electricity 15 Active
US8426828B2 Combined integration and pulse detection Electricity 12 Active
US6833868B1 Method and device for determining corrected color aspects of a pixel in an imaging device Electricity 10 Expired
US7106915B2 Methods and devices for reading out an image sensor with reduced delay time between lines Electricity 9 Expired
US8063963B2 Imaging device having a pixel structure with high dynamic range read-out signal Electricity 7 Active
US7106373B1 Method for increasing dynamic range of a pixel by multiple incomplete reset Electricity 7 Expired
US7313288B2 Defect pixel correction in an image sensor Physics 7 Expired
US7289148B1 Devices and methods for improving the image quality in an image sensor Electricity 6 Expired
US7253019B2 Buried, fully depletable, high fill factor photodiodes Electricity 6 Expired
US7808022B1 Cross talk reduction Electricity 5 Active
US7564022B1 Method and device for time-gating the sensitivity of an imager structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7199410B2 Pixel structure with improved charge transfer Electricity 4 Expired
US10284824B2 Opto-electronic stacked sensor Physics 3 Active
US6917029B2 Four-component pixel structure leading to improved image quality Electricity 2 Expired

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