An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels for converting incident
photons into electrical charge; an overflow drain to draw off excess
charge from at one or more of the pixels; a mechanism for summing charge
from two or more of the pixels; a first network of resistive devices
generating a first overflow drain voltage where at least one of the
resistive devices has, in parallel, a fuse that can be opened in response
to an external stimulus to provide the optimum overflow drain voltage for
pixel anti-blooming protection and saturation signal level for when a
plurality of pixels are summed together; and a second network of
resistive devices connected to the first network of resistive devices
generating a second overflow drain voltage where the second overflow
drain voltage is a fraction of the first overflow drain voltage and the
second overflow drain voltage provides the optimum overflow drain voltage
for pixel anti-blooming and saturation signal level for when none or
substantially none of the plurality of pixels are summed together.