Method and apparatus providing imager pixels with shared pixel components

US7964929B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aptina Imaging Corporation · KY

Inventor

• Xiaofeng Fan · Hangzhou City, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/813

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments employ shared pixel component architectures that arrange the shared pixel components for a group of pixels within different pixels of the group.