Patent ID: 11930288
Assignee: AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An image sensor, comprising:
an array comprising rows and columns of pixels;
a first number N of connection lines connected to a first number N of pixels of the array;
a voltage regulating circuit having an output;
a first terminal; and
a driver circuit having a first number N of switches coupled to the first number N of connection lines and to the output of the voltage regulating circuit, and a first number N of further switches coupled to the first number N of connection lines and to the first terminal,
wherein the first number N is at least two, and
wherein the image sensor further comprises a reference potential terminal at which a reference potential can be tapped and the voltage regulating circuit is configured to generate an output voltage that is negative with respect to the reference potential, or the image sensor further comprises a supply terminal at which a supply voltage can be tapped and the voltage regulating circuit is configured to generate an output voltage that is positive with respect to the supply voltage.