IP Library Assignment 023245/0186
Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 023245/0186

Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Recorded: 2009-08-28 Pages: 208
Assignor
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Executed: 2008-09-26
Assignee
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION
WALKER HOUSE, 87 MARY STREET, GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, KY1-9002, CAYMAN ISLANDS
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Bidirectional Follower for Driving a Capacitive Load
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Analog-To-Digital Conversion
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Ram Line Storage for Fixed Pattern Noise Correction
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Dram Capacitor Formulation Using a Double-Sided Electrode
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Cmos Image Sensor with Different Pixel Sizes for Different Colors
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Photo-Assisted Remote Plasma Apparatus and Method
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Method and Apparatus for Ultrasonic Wet Etching of Silicon
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System for Filling Openings in Semiconductor Products
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Nonlinear Flash Analog to Digital Converter Used in an Active Pixel System
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Correction of Missing Codes Nonlinearity in a to D Converters
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Differential Non-Linearity Correction Scheme
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Vcc Pump for Cmos Imagers
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Application: 09/172,301 →
Low-Voltage Comparator with Wide Input Voltage Swing
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Application: 09/173,982 →
Heat Sink for Chip Stacking Applications
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Printed Circuit Board with Intergrated Heat Sink
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A/D Converter Correction Scheme
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Polycide Structure and Method for Forming Polycide Structure
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Three-Sided Buttable Cmos Image Sensor
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Low-Voltage Common Source Switched-Capacitor Amplifier
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Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices with Transition Metal Boride Films as Diffusion Barriers
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Trench Photosensor for a Cmos Imager
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Using a Single Control Line to Provide Select and Reset Signals to Image Sensors in Two Rows of a Digital Imaging Device
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Active Pixel Color Linear Sensor with Line - Packed Pixel Readout
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Readout Circuit with Gain and Analog-to-Digital Conversion for Image Sensor
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Charge-Domain Analog Readout for an Image Sensor
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Active Pixel Sensor with Current Mode Readout
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Ping-Pong Readout
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Programmable Analog Arithmetic Circuit for Imaging Sensor
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Latched Row Logic for a Rolling Exposure Snap
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Cmos Voltage Comparator Capable of Operating with Small Input Voltage Difference
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Method of Forming a Metal Seed Layer for Subsequent Plating
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Digital Exposure Circuit for an Image Sensor
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Using Single Lookup Table to Correct Differential Non-Linearity Errors in an Array of a/D Converters
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Concentric Lens with Aspheric Correction
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Multi-Layered Gate for a Cmos Imager
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Photogate with Improved Short Wavelength Response for a Cmos Imager
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Method for Forming Wiring with Extremely Low Parasitic Capacitance
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Cmos Imager with Storage Capacitor
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Application: 09/352,947 →
Using Cascaded Gain Stages for High-Gain and High-Speed Readout of Pixel Sensor Data
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High Resolution Cmos Circuit Using a Matched Impedance Output Transmission Line
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Low Light Sensor Signal to Noise Improvement
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Passivation of Sidewalls of a Word Line Stack
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Method of Removing Free Halogen from a Halogenated Polymer Insulating Layer of a Semiconductor Device
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Memory Circuit and Method of Using Same
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System for Distributing Clock Signal with a Risk Rate Such That Signals Appearing at First and Second Output Terminals Have Substantially No Signal Skew
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Electroplating Apparatus and Method
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Vertical Sub-Micron Cmos Transistors on (110), (111), (311), (511), and Higher Order Surfaces of Bulk, Soi and Thin Film Structures and Method of Forming Same
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Method for Fabricating Cmos Transistors Having Matching Characteristics and Apparatus Formed Thereby
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Test Head Assembly Utilizing Replaceable Silicon Contact
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Deep Infrared Photodiode for a Cmos Imager
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Pinned Floating Photoreceptor with Active Pixel Sensor
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Micro Power Micro-Sized Cmos Active Pixel
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Oversampled Centroid a to D Converter
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Clear Plastic Packaging in a Cmos Active Pixel Image Sensor
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Semiconductor Imaging Sensor Array Devices with Dual-Port Digital Readout
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Contoured Surface Cover Plate for Image Sensor Array
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Diagonalized Image Sensor Pixels
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Multi Junction Aps with Dual Simultaneous Integration
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Superposed Multi-Junction Color Aps
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Stitched Circuits Larger Than the Maximum Reticle Size in Sub-Micron Process
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Low voltage analog-to-digital converters with internal reference voltage and offset
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Active Pixel Sensor with Reduced Fixed Pattern Noise
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Increasing Pixel Conversion Gain in Cmos Image Sensors
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Method for Making Shallow Trenches for Isolation
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Image Sensor with P-Type Circuitry and N-Type Photosensor
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Damascene Structure and Method of Making
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Multi-Trench Region for Accumulation of Photo-Generated Charge in a Cmos Imager
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Subtractive Metallization Structure and Method of Making
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Shared Photodetector Pixel Image Sensor
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Layout Technique for Semiconductor Processing Using Stitching
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Testing of Solid-State Image Sensors
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Imaging Application Using Coherent Optical Fiber Bundle
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Calibration of a/D Converters by Reusing Capacitors Used for Sampling
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Image Sensing System with Histogram Modification
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Dynamic Histogram Equalization for High Dynamic Range Images
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Monotonic Dynamic Static Pseudo-Nmos Logic Circuits
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Clocked Differential Cascode Voltage Switch with Pass Gate Logic
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Microlenses with Spacing Elements to Increase an Effective Use of Substrate
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Clocked Pass Transistor and Complementary Pass Transistor Logic Circuits
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Charge Mode Active Pixel Sensor Read-Out Circuit
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Image Sensor Having Boosted Reset
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Regulator Circuit for Independent Adjustment of Pumps in Multiple Modes of Operation
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Cmos Imager and Method of Formation
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Cmos Imager and Method of Formation
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Cmos Imager and Method of Formation
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Reference Voltage Stabilization in Cmos Sensors
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Imaging Apparatus Providing Black Level Compensation of a Successive Approximation a/D Converter
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Flexy-Power Amplifier: a New Amplifier with Built-in Power Management
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Reference Voltage Circuit for Differential Analog-to-Digital Converter
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Wide Dynamic Range Operation for Cmos Sensor with Freeze-Frame Shutter
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Readout of Array-Based Analog Data in Semiconductor-Based Devices
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Color Filter Imaging Array and Method of Formation
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Method and Apparatus for Automatic Gain and Exposure Control for Maintaining Target Image Brightness in Video Imager Systems
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Varying Capacitance That Receives Signals from Sensing Elements
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Double Sampling Active Pixel Sensor with Double Sampling Temperature Sensor
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On-Chip Adc Test for Image Sensors
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Dark Current Reduction Circuitry for Cmos Active Pixel Sensors
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Fully Differential Reference Driver for Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter
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Wide Dynamic Range Linear-and-Log Active Pixel
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Low Dark Current Pixel with a Guard Drive Active Photodiode
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Cmos Aps with Stacked Avalanche Multiplication Layer Which Provides Linear and Logarithmic Photo-Conversion Characteristics
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Method and Apparatus for Dark Current Compensation of Imaging Sensors
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High Dynamic Range Cascaded Integration Pixel Cell and Method of Operation
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Differential Readout from Pixels in Cmos Sensor
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Apparatus for Determining Temperature of an Active Pixel Imager and Correcting Temperature Induced Variations in an Imager
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Isolation Process and Structure for Cmos Imagers
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Cmos Imager with Improved Color Response
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Total Internal Reflection (Tir) Cmos Imager
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Cmos Imager with Enhanced Transfer of Charge and Low Voltage Operation
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Column Sample-and-Hold Cell for Cmos Aps Sensor
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Elevated Photodiode in an Image Sensor
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Dual Conversion Gain Imagers
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Internal Bias Measure with Onboard Adc for Electronic Devices
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Photodiode Structure and Image Pixel Structure
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Memory Device and Methods of Controlling Resistance Variation and Resistance Profile Drift
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Micro-lenses and structures for increasing area coverage and controlling shape of micro-lenses
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Optical Channels for Multi-Level Metal Optical Imagers
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Asymmetrical Transistor for Imager Device
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Image Sensor Having a Transistor for Allowing Increased Dynamic Range
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Angled Pinned Photodiode for High Quantum Efficiency
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Lag Cancellation in Cmos Image Sensors
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Imaging with Gate Controlled Charge Storage
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Method and Apparatus for Testing Image Sensors
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Packaged Image Sensing Microelectronic Devices Including a Lead and Methods of Packaging Image Sensing Microelectronic Devices Including a Lead
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Image Sensor Having Pinned Floating Diffusion Diode
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Ramp Generation with Capacitors
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Pixel with Differential Readout
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High-Low Sensitivity Pixel
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In-Pixel Ktc Noise Suppression Using Circuit Techniques
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Method of Formation of Dual Gate Structure for Imagers
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Micro-Lenses for Cmos Imagers
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Packaged Microelectronic Imagers and Methods of Packaging Microelectronic Imagers
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An Image Sensor, an Image Sensor Pixel, and Methods of Forming the Same
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Apparatus and Method for Pixel Binning in an Image Sensor
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Image Sensor for Reduced Dark Current
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Barrier Regions for Image Sensors
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Packaged Microelectronic Imagers and Methods of Packaging Microelectronic Imagers
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Method of Forming a Contact in a Pixel Cell
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Imaging Structure Including a Pixel with Multiple Signal Readout Circuits and Methods of Operation for Imaging Structure
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Closed-Loop High Voltage Booster
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Integrated Optics Units and Methods of Manufacturing Integrated Optics Units for Use with Microelectronic Imagers
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Silicon-Based Resonant Cavity Photodiode for Image Sensors
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Microelectronic Imagers and Methods of Packaging Microelectronic Imagers
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Prefabricated Housings for Microelectronic Imagers
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Isolation Trench Geometry for Image Sensors
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Photonic Crystal-Based Lens Elements for Use in an Image Sensor
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Column-Wise Clamp Voltage Driver for Suppression of Noise in an Imager
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Method, Apparatus and System Providing Configurable Current Source Device for Image Sensors
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Methods of Manufacturing Microelectronic Imaging Units with Discrete Standoffs
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Rod and Cone Response Sensor
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Wide Dynamic Range Imager with Selective Readout
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Photon Amplification for Image Sensors
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Ramp Modulation Adc for Imagers
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Trench Isolation Structure and Method of Formation
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Transparent Metal Shielded Isolation for Image Sensors
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Light Block for Pixel Arrays
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Method of Operating a Storage Gate Pixel
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Analog to Digital Conversion with Offset Cancellation
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Packaged Microelectronic Imaging Devices and Methods of Packaging Microelectronic Imaging Devices
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Microelectronic Imaging Units and Methods of Manufacturing Microelectronic Imaging Units
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Minimized Sar-Type Column-Wide Adc for Image Sensors
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High Dynamic Range Image Sensor
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Gapless Microlens Array and Method of Fabrication
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Imager Pixel with Capacitance for Boosting Reset Voltage
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Microelectronic Imaging Units and Methods of Manufacturing Microelectronic Imaging Units
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Ramp Generators for Imager Analog-to-Digital Converters
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Method and Apparatus for Dark Current and Hot Pixel Reduction in Active Pixel Image Sensors
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Microfeature Workpieces Having Microlenses and Methods of Forming Microlenses on Microfeature Workpieces
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Readout Technique for Increasing or Maintaining Dynamic Range in Image Sensors
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High Fill Factor Multi-Way Shared Pixel
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Imaging Device Having a Pixel Cell with a Transparent Conductive Interconnect Line and the Method of Making the Pixel Cell
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Isolation Process and Structure for Cmos Imagers
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Pixel with Transfer Gate with No Isolation Edge
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Sharing of Microlenses Among Pixels in Image Sensors
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Structure and Method for Building a Light Tunnel for Use with Imaging Devices
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Method for Calculating Circular Symmetrical Microlens/Color Filter Array Shift
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HDR/AB on multi-way shared pixels
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Publication: US 2007/0040922
Method and Apparatus Providing an Optical Guide for an Imager Pixel Having a Ring of Air-Filled Spaced Slots Around a Photosensor
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Process for Color Filter Array Residual Pigment Removal
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Gapless Microlens Array and Method of Fabrication
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Extended Digital Data-Path Structure Using Sub Lsbs
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Buffering Technique Using Structured Delay Skewing
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Image Sensors with Optical Trench
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Chrominance filter for white balance statistics
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Publication: US 2007/0046787
Shallow Trench Isolation by Atomic-Level Silicon Reconstruction
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Imager with gradient doped EPI layer
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Microelectronic Imaging Units and Methods of Manufacturing Microelectronic Imaging Units at the Wafer Level
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Method and Apparatus for Providing an Integrated Circuit Having P and N Doped Gates
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Fused Multi-Array Color Image Sensor
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Image sensor light shield
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Method and Apparatus for Providing a Rolling Double Reset Timing for Global Storage in Image Sensors
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Apparatus and Methods Providing Dynamic Biasing of Cascode Transistors in Class Ab Amplifiers
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Method and Apparatus Providing Adaptive Noise Suppression
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