Global shutter high-dynamic range pixel and image sensor

Abstract

The invention provides a global shutter high-dynamic range pixel and an image sensor. The global shutter high-dynamic range pixel comprises a light sensing unit, a floating diffusion node, a first charge transfer unit, a second charge transfer unit and a pixel signal output unit; the first charge transfer unit at least comprises a metal oxide semiconductor capacitor to temporarily store at least partial sensing charge transferred from the light sensing unit; the metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is switched-on/not according to the control signal, so that a grid induction potential energy trap is formed in the metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, thereby controlling the transfer of at least partial sensing charge.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a global shutter high dynamic range pixel and an image sensor, in particular to a gate-induced potential well formed inside a metal oxide semiconductor capacitor of a global shutter high dynamic range pixel. , thereby controlling the global shutter high dynamic range pixels and image sensors that sense charge transfer. Background technique [0002] The prior art image sensor usually has a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in an array, and the shutter of the image sensor usually has two typical operation modes: Rolling Shutter and Global Shutter. When the shutter operates in a rolling shutter fashion, each column of sensing pixels in the array is charged with light one at a time and each column is read out one at a time. Since each column of sensing pixels is activated sequentially rather than simultaneously (meaning that each column of sensing pixels starts to expose at a different time), when the image sensor captu...

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Problems solved by technology

Since each column of sensing pixels is activated sequentially rather than simultaneously (meaning that each column of sensing pixels starts to expose at a different time), when the image sensor captures an image of a fast-moving object, the image captured by the rolling shutter There may be distortion problems

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