/Time Delay Integration Sensor With In-pixel Time Delay Integration
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a time delay integration (TDI) sensor to move with respect to a scene in an along-track direction. A pixel array of the TDI sensor includes multiple pixel columns each including multiple pixels arranged in the along-track direction. Each pixel column includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other. The second pixel includes an extra transfer transistor connected between a photodiode of the second pixel and a floating diffusion node of the first pixel.

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What is claimed is:

The present disclosure provides a time delay integration (TDI) sensor to move with respect to a scene in an along-track direction. A pixel array of the TDI sensor includes multiple pixel columns each including multiple pixels arranged in the along-track direction. Each pixel column includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other. The second pixel includes an extra transfer transistor connected between a photodiode of the second pixel and a floating diffusion node of the first pixel.
Timeline
Filed
03/30/2026
Published
07/30/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
H04N 25/768:for time delay and integration [TDI]
H04N 25/531:by controlling rolling shutters in CMOS SSIS
H04N 25/78:Readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters