ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,634, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Jungwook Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seojoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sunghyuck Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a first photodiode (PD) provided in a first area; a second PD provided in a second area, wherein the second area is smaller than and adjacent to the first area; a first floating diffusion region that is provided in the first area and connected to the first PD via a first tr...