US 12,452,558 B2
Image sensor and operating method thereof
Jung Soon Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seong Hee Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ki Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jong Eun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,587.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0037301 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323567 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/771 (2023.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/779 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01)
CPC H04N 25/771 (2023.01) [G06F 17/16 (2013.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/779 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H10F 39/809 (2025.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
a plurality of column lines;
a plurality of pixels coupled to the plurality of column lines, and configured to output a plurality of pixel signals to the plurality of column lines in response to first control signals; and
a plurality of memory cells coupled to the plurality of column lines, and configured to output a plurality of convolution signals, in which a plurality of data signals are reflected in the plurality of pixel signals, to the plurality of column lines in response to second control signals.