IMAGE SENSOR HAVING CUT-OFF CORNERS, WITH A MULTIPLEXER BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT ROWS OF PIXELS

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100141820A1
SERIAL NO

12518757

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

The invention relates to matrix image sensors. It applies most particularly to intraoral dental radiology sensors. The invention provides a sensor architecture comprising a column decoder controlling select conductors of a column, and a row decoder controlling select conductors of a row. The pixels of a column are connected to a signal conductor that extends along the column and goes toward an analog multiplexer extending within the pixel matrix between two rows of pixels of the matrix. The multiplexer is controlled via the column select conductors coming from the decoder and it transmits the signal from a signal conductor of a selected column to an output conductor extending parallel to the rows. A signal sampling circuit common to all the columns is connected at the end of the output conductor of the multiplexer. An increase in matrix area is achieved by in practice losing only a single image row.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
E2V SEMICONDUCTORSFRENCH SHENGAIGELEIFU

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chenebaux, Gregoire Grenoble, FR 2 12
Ligozat, Thierry Grenoble, FR 15 71

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation