Signal readout structure for an image sensing apparatus
US7148927B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/767
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus includes a photoelectric converter having a plurality of pixels covered by a color filter composed of a plurality of colors, a plurality of common readout units adapted to sequentially output signals from the plurality of pixels, a time division multiplex (TDM) unit for time division multiplexing signals from the plurality of common readout units, and a readout control unit for reading the signals from the plurality of pixels to the common readout units in such a way that signals from pixels covered by color filters of the same color are continuously multiplexed.
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