ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,793, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Gigajot Technology Inc. (Glendale, Calif.).
"Low row noise ramp generator" was invented by Dexue Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing device may include a ramp generator circuit that may be used in performance of analog-to-digital conversion of image signals from pixels of an image sensor. The ramp generator circuit may generate a voltage having one or more rising and/or falling portions, using a reference voltage and an integration current. The ramp generator circuit may include a first sample-and-hold switch and/or a second sample-and-hold switch. The ram...