Patent · US Expired

Electronic device with an array of processing units

US7582876B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

4References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Michael Overdick · Eschweiler, DE
Walter Ruetten · Linnich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2005
Grant date	Sep 1, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/46
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronics devices like X-ray detectors with an array of pixels are combined (binned) into binning blocks of m×n pixels. Available read-out lines of the device are all connected to different binning blocks, such that up to m binning blocks are addressed simultaneously in the vertical direction when m×n binning is used. In this case, the output signals from the m vertically arranged blocks are distributed over the m read-out columns present in the m×n locks. Row address lines together with diagonal address lines and a simple activation logic provide the required versatile addressing of the pixels.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.