Inventor

MERRILL RICHARD B

US81 patents

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MERRILL RICHARD B

FOVEON INC

Vertical color filter detector group and array

Vertical color filter detector group and array

Storage pixel sensor and array with compression

Complete-charge-transfer vertical color filter detector

Electronic shutter using buried layers and active pixel sensor and array employing same

Vertical-color-filter detector group with trench isolation

Intra-pixel frame storage element, array, and electronic shutter method suitable for electronic still camera applications

Exposure control in electronic cameras by detecting overflow from active pixels

Intra-pixel frame storage element, array, and electronic shutter method suitable for electronic still camera applications

Method and apparatus for biasing a CMOS active pixel sensor above the nominal voltage maximums for an IC process

CMOS image sensor employing silicide exclusion mask to reduce leakage and improve performance

Vertical color filter sensor group with non-sensor filter and method for fabricating such a sensor group

Active pixel sensor with bootstrap amplification and reduced leakage during readout

Method for storing and retrieving data from an imaging array of vertical-color-filter detector groups

Method for storing and retrieving digital image data from an imaging array

Image scanning circuitry with row and column addressing for use in electronic cameras

Active pixel sensor with bootstrap amplification

Active pixel sensor with bootstrap amplification

CMOS active pixel sensor using native transistors

Driven capacitor storage pixel sensor and array

Method and apparatus for improving sensitivity in vertical color CMOS image sensors

Vertical color filter sensor group array that emulates a pattern of single-layer sensors with efficient use of each sensor group&#39;s sensors

Active pixel sensor with noise cancellation

Vertical color filter sensor group including semiconductor other than crystalline silicon and method for fabricating same

Vertical color filter sensor group and semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication method for fabricating same

Vertical color filter detector group and array

Exposure control in electronic cameras by detecting overflow from active pixels

Double slope pixel sensor and array

Isolated high voltage PMOS transistor

Triple slope pixel sensor and arry

Vertical color filter sensor group with carrier-collection elements of different size and method for fabricating such a sensor group

High-sensitivity storage pixel sensor having auto-exposure detection

High-sensitivity storage pixel sensor array having auto-exposure detection

Driven capacitor storage pixel sensor and array

Circuitry for converting analog signals from pixel sensor to a digital and for storing the digital signal

CMOS active pixel sensor using native transistors

NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP

CMOS-based, low leakage active pixel array with anti-blooming isolation

High voltage charge pump using low voltage type transistors

Fabrication of semiconductor structure having two levels of buried regions

Semiconductor structure having two levels of buried regions

Multi-turn, multi-level IC inductor with crossovers

Low voltage input and output circuits with overvoltage protection

Electrostatic discharge protection for integrated circuits

Single poly EPROM cell having smaller size and improved data retention compatible with advanced CMOS process

Digital feedback power supply

Apparatus and method for adjusting the threshold voltage of MOS transistors

ESD protection using npn bipolar transistor

Low reverse junction breakdown voltage zener diode for electrostatic discharge protection of integrated circuits

FOVEONICS INC

Two-stage amplifier for active pixel sensor cell array for reducing fixed pattern noise in the array output

Intra-pixel frame storage element, array, and electronic shutter method including speed switch suitable for electronic still camera applications

Vertical color filter sensor group array that emulates a pattern of single-layer sensors with efficient use of each sensor group's sensors