US Patent Issued to NOVATEK Microelectronics on Sept. 15 for "Ramp generator and image sensing device" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,949, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Ramp generator and image sensing device" was invented by Yueh-Ru Lee (Chiayi City, Taiwan) and Pai-Hsiang Hsu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ramp generator includes a digital-to-analog converter, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a noise cancellation circuit. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to generate a ramp-up voltage signal on a first output terminal and a ramp-down voltage signal on a second output terminal. The first capacitor is coupled between the first output terminal and an intermediate n...