ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,907, issued on May 12, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensing device and imaging device including the same" was invented by Hyo Jun Kwon (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device comprises a pixel including a photoelectric conversion device for generating pixel signals, a floating diffusion region, a first dual conversion gain (DCG) transistor for providing additional capacitance to the floating diffusion region, and a first DCG capacitor connected to the floating diffusion region through the first DCG transistor; and an analog-digital converter (ADC) for converting the pi...