ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,247, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Hyunyong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Minwoong Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Myunglae Chu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; and processing circuitry, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a photodiode; a floating diffusion node configured to integrate photocharge generated by the photodiode; a first capacitor configured to store charge corresponding to a voltage of the floating diffusion node which i...