US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 3 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,891, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system" was invented by Tatsuya Murao (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Kitazawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasushi Koyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiro Yajima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor layer, an avalanche photodiode, an electrode film, and a wiring structure. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface. The avalanche photodiode is arranged in the semiconductor layer. The electrode film is arranged to contact the first surface...