EP 1166359 A1 20020102 - IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE
Title (en)
IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE
Title (de)
BILDSENSOREINRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF CAPTEUR D'IMAGES
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 19909550 A 19990304
- EP 0001705 W 20000301
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0052759A1] The invention relates to an image sensor device consisting of a semiconducting carrier (substrate) (1) which is especially embodied by means of CMOS technique. An arrangement of image elements is embodied on the carrier. A photosensitive detecting means (4), means for converting a detected photo signal into an electrical signal in a photoelectrical manner and electrical storing means (3) for storing the electrical signal are allocated to each image element (pixel). A storage control device (2) is provided for image-specific storing and reading out the electrical signals in a controlled manner. The aim of the invention is to improve an image sensor in such a way that the area of the chip is used more efficiently and that high-speed cameras can be used. To this end, the storage control device (2) is designed in such a way that signals which are detected one after the other and which have been converted in a photoelectric manner can be stored in different storing means (3) in the pixel and that said signals can be read-out of said storing means (3) at predetermined time.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04N 25/00 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H10F 39/803 (2025.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0052759 A1 20000908; CN 1344427 A 20020410; EP 1166359 A1 20020102; HK 1046190 A1 20021227; JP 2002538707 A 20021112; TW 488156 B 20020521
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 0001705 W 20000301; CN 00805351 A 20000301; EP 00909273 A 20000301; HK 02107397 A 20021010; JP 2000603094 A 20000301; TW 89103774 A 20000303