US 11,815,393 B2
Image sensor including photodiode array comprising a first transistor coupled to a photodiode to receive a column enable signal and a second transistor coupled to the photodiode to receive a column disable signal
Neale Dutton, Edinburgh (GB)
Assigned to STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow (GB)
Filed by STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow (GB)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/486,750.
Application 17/486,750 is a continuation of application No. 16/800,987, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,137,285.
Claims priority of application No. 19160078 (EP), filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011160 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01J 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC G01J 1/44 (2013.01) [G01J 2001/442 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4466 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor, comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each pixel including:
a photodiode;
a first transistor coupled to the photodiode and configured to receive a column enable signal; and
a second transistor coupled to the photodiode and configured to receive a column disable signal.