Charge summing in an image sensor
US9596423B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2209/045
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels. Pixels can be summed or binned diagonally in the pixel array in a first diagonal direction and in a different second diagonal direction. The locations of the first and second diagonal summed pairs can be distributed across the pixel array.
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