Patents by Inventor Lilan YU

Lilan YU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220247967
    Abstract: An image sensor that operates at high speed and high accuracy with low power consumption. A CMOS image sensor includes: a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a row direction and a column direction, each of the plurality of pixels including a sensor element configured to detect a physical amount existing in nature and to convert the physical amount into an electric signal; a resistance type digital-to-analog converter including a plurality of unit circuits connected in parallel to one another and configured to generate a ramp wave, each of the plurality of unit circuits including a resistor connected to an output end of a CMOS inverter; and an analog-to-digital conversion unit including a plurality of integral type analog-to-digital converters and configured to convert signals from the pixels into digital signals by comparing the signals from the pixels with the ramp wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Akira MATSUZAWA, Lilan YU