US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 22 for "Image sensor preventing image degradation" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,982, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor preventing image degradation" was invented by Jaekyu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Cho Na (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongseok Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor. Each of a plurality of pixels includes a photo diode, a transfer transistor connected between the photo diode and a floating diffusion node, a reset transistor connected between the floating diffusion node and a first power node to which a first power supply voltage is applied, a first source follower transisto...