ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,545, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Image sensors with extended dynamic range" was invented by Sergey Velichko (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor may include an array of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns. A method of operating an imaging pixel is provided that includes accumulating charge in a photosensitive element, allowing the accumulated charge in the photodiode to overflow into a capacitor that is coupled to a reset transistor having a gate terminal configured to receive a reset control signal during an integration phase, and ex...