Patent ID: 7999868

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a configurable timing generator outputting an at least one timing signal, wherein the timing generator is configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a plurality of applications; wherein the timing generator is configured to construct a first pattern waveform comprising a first basic pulse; wherein the timing generator is further configured to construct a first sequence waveform comprising a plurality of repetitions of the first pattern waveform; wherein the timing generator is further configured to construct a first region waveform comprising a plurality of repetitions of the first sequence waveform, the first region waveform representing timing signals to be applied only to a first region of an image sensor, the first region comprising a first subset of the plurality of pixels of the image sensor, the first subset including pixels in at least two rows of the image sensor; and wherein the timing generator is further configured to assign the first region waveform to the first region.