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Patent No.:

US 12610157 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2023

Image sensor having high dynamic range

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Heesung Shim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jaekyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Seungsik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Ingyu Baek, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:

P.L.C. HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Lin Ye

Assistant Examiner:

Chriss S Yoder, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/51 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/616 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/51 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/53 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/616 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image sensor according to some example embodiments of the present inventive concepts may operate in a global shutter mode, and each pixel circuit may support a high conversion gain (HCG) mode and a low conversion gain (LCG) mode so as to have high dynamic range (HDR). Accordingly, the image sensor according to some example embodiments of the present inventive concepts may have HDR and may generate a high-quality image.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shim, Heesung. (2026). Image sensor having high dynamic range (U.S. Patent No. 12610157). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12610157

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