Patent ID: 11863886
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:
within a first time period:
enable a first photodiode of the plurality of the photodiodes to generate a first charge in response to the incident light;
enable the first photodiode to transfer a first overflow charge of the first charge to a first charge sensing unit of the plurality of charge sensing units to generate a first voltage; and
perform the third quantization operation of the first voltage to generate a first digital value representing a first time-to-saturation;

within a second time period:
enable a second photodiode of the plurality of the photodiodes to generate a second charge in response to the incident light;
enable the second photodiode to transfer a second overflow charge of the second charge to a second charge sensing unit of the plurality of charge sensing units to generate a second voltage; and
perform the third quantization operation of the second voltage to generate a second digital value representing a second time-to-saturation; and
generate the pixel value based on the first digital value and the second digital value.