ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,833, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device and apparatus" was invented by Yusuke Onuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a photoelectric conversion device including a photoelectric conversion unit, a floating diffusion, an amplification transistor, a capacitance addition transistor electrically connected to the floating diffusion. The photoelectric conversion device further includes a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitive element and a wiring capacitive element that are electrically connected to the floating diffusion via the capacitance addition t...