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Bildsensor mit linearem ausgang mit grossem dynamikbereich

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DE69628187D1
DE69628187D1 DE69628187T DE69628187T DE69628187D1 DE 69628187 D1 DE69628187 D1 DE 69628187D1 DE 69628187 T DE69628187 T DE 69628187T DE 69628187 T DE69628187 T DE 69628187T DE 69628187 D1 DE69628187 D1 DE 69628187D1
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Orly Yadid-Pecht
C Fossum
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    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
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    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
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    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
    • H04N25/587—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired sequentially, e.g. using the combination of odd and even image fields
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    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
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    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
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    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
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    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/767—Horizontal readout lines, multiplexers or registers
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    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/78—Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters

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