US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 31 for "Image sensor and operation method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,518, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and operation method thereof" was invented by Jungwook Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eun Sub Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor which includes a photo diode that generates charges based on an incident light, a first floating diffusion region that stores the charges generated by the photo diode, a first boosting capacitor that is connected with the first floating diffusion region, a second floating diffusion region that is disposed to be spaced from the first floating diff...