ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,058, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Image sensor including a capacitor having a boosting control signal transitioned from a first level to a lower second level" was invented by Eun Sub Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a pixel including a boosting capacitor with one electrode connected to a first node to which a charge generated from a photoelectric element is transmitted, and outputting a pixel voltage based on the first node; a row driver outputting a reset-signal that resets the first node, a boosting control-signal applied to the o...