ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,306, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Clock generation circuit and image sensor" was invented by Poh Weng Yem (Penang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock generation circuit, comprising a first RC circuit, a first switch, a second RC circuit, a second switch, a comparator and a logic circuit. The first RC circuit comprises a first capacitor, coupled to a first predetermined voltage level and a second predetermined voltage level. The second RC circuit comprises a second capacitor, coupled to the first switch. The comparator comprises: a first input terminal, coupled to the second ...