ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,314, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Luonghung Asakura (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first and second pixel units that perform FD addition are provided. The first pixel unit includes: a first switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; and a reset transistor that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the first switch transistor and a power supply node. The second pixel unit includes: a second switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is con...