US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 22 for "Digital-to-analog signal converter and image sensor including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,980, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Digital-to-analog signal converter and image sensor including the same" was invented by Myeongjin Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaejung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Haneul Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital-to-analog converter includes a first channel configured to output a first ramp voltage through an output node, and a first bias circuit configured to apply a bias voltage to the first channel. The first channel comprises a plurality of current cells connected to t...