ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,262, issued on July 14, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Yu Jin Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jeong Eun Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor including a buffer circuit suitable for generating, based on at least one first signal, at least one second signal controlled during each of settling and comparison periods, a comparison circuit suitable for using an operating current having a relatively high level during the settling period and a relatively low level during the comparison period based on the second signal, and com...