ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,265, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).
"Electronic circuit for image sensing" was invented by Laurent Simony (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit includes image acquisition cells, wherein each cell has a photodetector coupled to a first node of the cell, and an amplifying transistor having a gate connected to the first node, a conduction node coupled to an output of the cell, and a node for controlling a back gate voltage. The amplifying transistor is configured so that its threshold voltage varies according to the back gate voltage. A control circuit ...