Term · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
Shared pixel
A layout in which two, four or eight photodiodes share one floating diffusion and readout chain, cutting transistor count per pixel and freeing area for photodiode.
- Also known as
- Pixel sharing, 4-way shared
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Image sensors
Notes
Essential to shrinking pixels below about 1.4 um while keeping usable fill factor.
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