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Method and apparatus for calibrating parallel readout paths in imagers

US7453054B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2005
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/78
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging device with readout chain circuitry that uses multiple analog-to-digital converters and amplifiers, which are similarly calibrated using a stitching technique, to readout each color of a column and mitigate the possibility of a boundary effect.

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