US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 25 for "Ramp signal generating device and image sensor for reducing ramp signal latency" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,133, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ramp signal generating device and image sensor for reducing ramp signal latency" was invented by Younghyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Haneul Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongjae Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ramp signal generating device and an image sensor for decreasing the latency of a ramp signal are provided. The ramp signal generating device may include a first circuit configured to detect a capacitance of a parasitic capacitor, a second circuit configured to charge the parasitic capacitor with a...