Patent ID: 7915702

Claim:
An image sensor comprising: (a) a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate, at least two adjacent pixels comprising: (i) at least one photosensitive region that collects charges in response to incident light; (ii) a charge-to-voltage conversion node for sensing the charge from the at least one photosensitive region and converting the charge to a voltage; (iii) an amplifier transistor having a source/drain connected to an output node, having a gate connected to the charge-to-voltage conversion node and having a source/drain connected to at least a portion of a power supply node; and (iv) a reset transistor connecting the output node and the charge-to-voltage conversion node, wherein one pixel includes a sequential spatial order as follows: the charge-to-voltage conversion node, a reset gate of the reset transistor, the output node, the gate of the amplifier transistor and at least a portion of the power supply node and the adjacent pixel includes a sequential spatial order as follows: a remaining portion of the power supply node, the gate of the amplifier transistor, the output node, a reset gate of the reset transistor, and a charge-to-voltage conversion node.