ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,845, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"High dynamic-range (HDR) pixel circuit, color-image sensor package structure, and method for operating HDR pixel circuit" was invented by Ming-Hsien Yang (Taichung, Taiwan), Huan-En Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chia-Yu Wei (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun-Hao Chou (Tainan, Taiwan) and Kuo-Cheng Lee (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a high-dynamic range (HDR) pixel circuit, which includes a pixel subcircuit and a light-responsive switch circuit. The pixel subcircuit includes a photodetector, a capa...