US Patent Issued to Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies on April 15 for "Image sensor and operation method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,062, issued on April 15, was assigned to Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co. LTD (Guangzhou, China).

"Image sensor and operation method thereof" was invented by Ping-Hung Yin (Taipei, Taiwan), Jia-Shyang Wang (Miaoli, Taiwan) and Jia-Sian Lyu (Pingtung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor and an operation method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel circuit and a column readout circuit. The pixel circuit includes a pixel unit, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, a readout transistor and a selection transistor. The column readout circuit includes a first circuit node and a second ...