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Image sensor with on-chip semi-column-parallel pipeline ADCS

  • US 20060050162A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Published: 03/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging device comprising:

  • an array of pixels organized into a plurality of rows and columns;

    a plurality of sample and hold circuits, each circuit being electrically connected to a respective column of said array, each circuit sampling and holding analog signals from the respective column; and

    a plurality of pipeline analog-to-digital converters, each pipeline analog-to-digital converter being electrically connected to a respective number of sample and hold circuits, each analog-to-digital converter converting the held analog signals from the respective number of sample and hold circuits into digital data.

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