Patent ID: 8817150

Claim:
A time-delay-integration image sensor including a matrix of pixels organized in rows and columns, each pixel comprising: a first photosensitive element; a storage node; a first transfer element connected between the first photosensitive element and the storage node; a second photosensitive element; a second transfer element connected between the second photosensitive element and the storage node; and a third transfer element connected between the storage node and the second photosensitive element of an adjacent pixel of the column, wherein the image sensor includes a control circuit configured to simultaneously command the first and second transfer elements of each pixel to an on state and the third transfer element of each pixel to an off state, and in a distinct phase, to simultaneously command the first and third transfer elements of each pixel to the on state and the second transfer element of each pixel to the off state, and the storage node is connected to the first transfer element, the second transfer element and the third transfer element in each pixel.