Image sensors with pixel charge summing

• Main Authors: Yin, Zhiping, Ladd, John W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.03.2012

An image sensor has an array of pixels of different colors. The pixels may be arranged in a repeating pattern of eight pixels having four rows and two columns. During charge summing operations, the first and third rows may share a floating diffusion and the second and fourth rows may share a floatin...