US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on May 13 for "Image sensor, operating method of the same, and pixel including plurality of photodiodes" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,021, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor, operating method of the same, and pixel including plurality of photodiodes" was invented by Sanggwon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunyong Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myunglae Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minwoong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a first pixel outputting a first pixel signal, a second pixel outputting a second pixel signal, a ramp signal generator, and a comparator. The first pixel includes first transfer transistor, a first floating diffusion node, and a f...