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Method of operating a semiconductor image sensor with integrated pixel heating

US10819930B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AMS AG · AT

Inventors

Thomas Stockmeier · Baden, CH
Richard Forsyth · Graz, AT
Thomas Troxler · Küsnacht (ZH), CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2018
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10F39/18
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At least one of the pixels of the image sensor is heated using at least one heater, and the temperature of this pixel is thus increased by a larger degree than the temperature of at least a further one of the pixels.

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