Patent ID: 8436288

Claim:
A CMOS Image Sensor, comprising: Active Pixels, including 3T, or 4T Pinned Photo-Diode, or 5T in which the Reset Transistor (RST) in each pixel has a first source/drain terminal connected to elements inside the pixels and has a second source/drain terminal connected to the first source/drain terminals of multiple pass-transistors located at the periphery of the pixel matrix through column-parallel, row-parallel, or matrix parallel, metal lines; a first pass transistor whose second source/drain terminal is connected to a VDD voltage source; a second pass transistor whose second source/drain terminal is connected to a first block of circuitry suitable to process photo-current signals for image sensing purposes; and a third pass transistor whose second source/drain terminal is connected to a second block of circuitry suitable to process photo-current signals for electrical power generation purposes.