ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,151, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Analog-to-digital converting circuit for optimizing dual conversion gain operation and operation method thereof" was invented by Jaehoon Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyukbin Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Woong Joo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a circuit which includes a first amplifier that generates a first output signal by comparing a first pixel signal corresponding to a first conversion gain and a first ramp signal and generates a second output signal by comparing a second pixel signal correspon...