Patent ID: 8564703

Claim:
An image sensor, in particular a CMOS image sensor, for electronic cameras, comprising a plurality of pixels ( 11 ) arranged in rows and columns, wherein at least one common column line ( 17 ) is associated with a plurality of pixels of a column and wherein each pixel ( 11 ) comprises: a light-sensitive detector element ( 15 ) to produce electric charge from incident light; a selection device ( 47 ) to connect the detector element ( 15 ) directly or indirectly to the associated column line ( 17 ); and at least one switching device ( 39 , 45 ); and furthermore comprising a control device ( 53 , 253 ) for controlling the selection device ( 47 ) and the at least one switching device ( 39 , 45 ) of the respective pixel ( 11 ), characterized in that the control device ( 53 , 253 ) is designed such that the selection device ( 47 ) of a first pixel ( 11 ) is activated within a time period in which the at least one switching device ( 39 , 45 ) is activated in a second pixel ( 11 ) with which the same column line ( 17 ) is associated, wherein the at least one switching device comprises at least one of: a transfer gate ( 39 ) to transfer electric charge from the detector element ( 15 ) to a read-out node ( 41 ); or a reset device ( 45 ) to reset a charge present in a read-out node ( 41 ) or in the detector element ( 15 ) to a reference value; or a converter circuit ( 43 ) to produce at least one measured signal which is proportional to a charge present in a read-out node ( 41 ) or in a detector element ( 15 ), with the selection device ( 47 ) being designed for connecting the converter circuit ( 43 ) to the associated column line ( 17 ).