US Patent Issued to SK HYNIX on July 15 for "Image sensor including a pixel array having pixel blocks arranged in a zigzag form" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,035, issued on July 15, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor including a pixel array having pixel blocks arranged in a zigzag form" was invented by Pyong-Su Kwag (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor may include a pixel array including a plurality of pixel blocks operable to convert light into electrical signals. Each of the plurality of pixel blocks may include a first light receiving circuit including a plurality of unit pixels that share a first floating diffusion; a second light receiving circuit arranged adjacent to the first light receiving circuit in a s...