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Image sensor and method for reading out pixels of the image sensor

US8284287B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Patrick Vogel · Gerbrunn, DE
Steffen Lehr · Erbach, DE
Heinrich Schemmann · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Sabine Roth · Berlin, DE
Petrus Gijsbertus Maria Centen · Goirle, NL
Jeroen Rotte · Montréal, CA
Friedrich Heizmann · Meckenbeuren, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2007
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/76
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Image sensor, which comprises a plurality of pixels arranged as a pixel array with rows and columns and at least one read-out arrangement for reading out the pixels row by row. The columns are grouped into blocks with a certain number N of columns. Each read-out arrangement comprises N column read out circuits and an addressing circuit for with at least two groups of addressing lines for addressing the blocks. The blocks are selectively addressed by the groups of addressing lines in a way that a read-out sequence of blocks addressed by the groups is continuous across all blocks.

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