US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 17 for "Image sensor and image processing device comprising image sensor with reference ramp signal" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,639, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Image sensor and image processing device comprising image sensor with reference ramp signal" was invented by Hyunjong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel configured to output a pixel signal through a column line, a ramp signal generator configured to generate a reference ramp signal having a level which decreases based on a desired slope, a first gain circuit configured to receive the reference ramp signal, and generate a first ramp signal based on the reference ramp signal, the firs...