US Patent Issued to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES on July 7 for "Hybrid image sensors with multiple operating modes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,078, issued on July 7, was assigned to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Hybrid image sensors with multiple operating modes" was invented by Sangjoo Lee (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Andreas Suess (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid image sensors with multiple operating modes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a pixel arrangement includes a first photosensor, a first floating diffusion, a second photosensor, a second floating diffusion, and a mode switch. The mode switch can include (a) a first switch selectively coupling the second floating diffusion to the first floating diffusion, and (b) a se...