ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,557, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Analog-to-digital converting circuits for dual conversion gain operation and operation methods of the same" was invented by Jaehoon Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an amplifier circuit including a first input terminal that receives a ramp signal, a second input terminal that receives a pixel signal, an output terminal that outputs an output signal, wherein the output signal is based on comparing the pixel signal and the ramp signal, a capacitor that is electrically connected between the output terminal...