Patent №
US 10,079,990
Granted
2018-09-18
Filed 2016
Owner
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
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AI components
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hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15277648
Apparatuses and method for an image sensor with increased analog to digital conversion range and reduced noise are described herein. An example method may include disabling a first auto-zero switch of a comparator, the first auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a reference voltage input of the comparator, adjusting an auto-zero offset voltage of a ramp voltage provided to the reference voltage input of the comparator, and disabling a second auto-zero switch of the comparator, the second auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a bitline input of the comparator.
AI classification
Ownership
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 399610330
Assignors
EBIHARA, HIROAKI, YANG, ZHENG
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