ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,256, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Jung Wook Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joong Seok Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Suk Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a photodiode, a transmission transistor having a first end connected to the photodiode and a second end connected to a first node, a first switching transistor having a first end connected to the first node, a first capacitor having a first electrode connected to a second end of the first switching transistor, ...