ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,161, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Seoksan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first photo diode, a floating diffusion node, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first sampling transistor, and a second sampling transistor. The first sampling transistor is configured to sample charges from the first capacitor. The second sampling transistor is configured to sample charges from the second capacitor. The image sensor operates the first capacitor to sto...