ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,077, issued on July 7, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS (Crolles, France).
"Method for reading an image sensor" was invented by Francois Roy (Seyssins, France) and Thomas Dalleau (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array where each pixel is formed in a portion of a substrate electrically insulated from other portions of the substrate. Each pixel includes a photodetector; a transfer transistor; and a readout circuit comprising one or a plurality of transistors. The transistors of the readout circuit are formed inside and on top of at least one well of the portion. The read...