PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16032209
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["250", "208100"]

Abstract:
A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A storage node is connected to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. The pixel may be operated with the shutter gate on during the integration period to increase the amount of time for charge storage by a pixel.

Claim (Index 61):
An image device comprising:\n a photosensor configured to accumulate charge during an integration period; a shutter gate connected to a storage node and the photosensor, and configured to transfer the charge from the photosensor to the storage node when the shutter gate is in an open position; a transfer gate transistor connected to the storage node, and configured to transfer the charge from the storage node to a floating diffusion node; a readout circuit configured to provide a pixel output signal based on the charge transferred to the floating diffusion node; and a barrier region coupled to the shutter gate, and disposed between the photosensor and the storage node, wherein the readout circuit includes a reset transistor configured to reset the floating diffusion node, and a source follower transistor configured to receive the charge from the floating diffusion node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53061
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13920677', '12232994', '10721191', '10721190', '12437160']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7897191016310161
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5616484248969126
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7669120339576058
- Mean Citation Score: 440.969304
- Max Citation Score: 453.45087
- Similarity Product: 406.5136738962865

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test