Image sensor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9380233
APP PUB NO 20140240569A1
SERIAL NO

14185081

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An image sensor includes a pixel array including at least one active pixel and at least one line-optical black (L-OB) pixel arranged in a matrix including first to nth rows and first to mth columns, the pixel array configured to output a pixel signal and a dark-level offset signal in units of columns during a read-out operation in one of the first to nth rows; a row driver configured to output a selection control signal to the first to nth rows; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) block configured to digitize the pixel signal and the dark-level offset signal. In the pixel array, a dark-level offset signal is simultaneously output from an L-OB pixel in another row during the read-out operation in one of the first to nth rows. Here, ‘n’ and ‘m’ each denote an integer that is equal to or greater than ‘2’.

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  • SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chun, Kee Moon Seongnam-si, KR 7 64
Jung, Jae Jin Seoul, KR 9 65
Kim, Ju Ha Yongin-si, KR 4 8
Kim, Shin Hoo Suwon-si, KR 5 7
Koh, Kyoung Min Hwaseong-si, KR 20 213
Lee, Seung Jin Yongin-si, KR 101 796
Lim, Yong Hwaseong-si, KR 36 366
Yang, Han Seoul, KR 53 344

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