ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,169, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element and electronic device" was invented by Nobuaki Otake (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging element and an electronic device capable of suppressing a delay in response of a pixel circuit due to an increase in the number of pixels. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a solid-state imaging element including a plurality of pixel circuits that is driven according to a first signal supplied from a first signal line, a first drive circuit unit that supplies ...