ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,641, issued on June 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Image sensor with high dynamic range and low noise" was invented by Vladimir Koifman (Rishon Lezion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a logic die, including column readout circuits, and a sensor die, overlaid on the logic die and including bitlines connected to the column readout circuits and an array of detector elements. Each detector element includes a photodiode having cathode and anode terminals and a floating diffusion node connected to one of the terminals of the photodiode. A first reset transistor is coupled between the flo...