US Patent Issued to SK hynix on July 8 for "Image sensor and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,099, issued on July 8, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor and operating method thereof" was invented by Min Kyu Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Hyun Ra (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jin Ho Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyoung Mook Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hoe Sam Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor including a first sub-pixel array including a plurality of first pixel groups, which are respectively coupled to a plurality of first readout lines extending in a first direction and are adjacent to one another in a second direction i...