ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,767, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Ramp signal generator and image sensor and electronic device including the same" was invented by Younghyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ramp signal generator includes a resistor connected between an output node outputting a ramp signal that increases or decreases at a constant slope and a first power node which receives a first power voltage, and plural current cells. A cell current flows through each of the current cells to the first power node or the resistor. The current cells include a first current cel...