ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,597, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus and system" was invented by Takafumi Miki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor layer in which pixels are arranged in a matrix, the pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion and a transistor used for loading a signal from the photoelectric conversion portion, and multilayer wiring formed on the semiconductor layer and including a first wiring layer, a first inter-layer insulating layer, a second wiring layer, a second inter-layer insulating layer, and a ...