US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Feb. 3 for "Photoreceptor module and solid-state imaging device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,981, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Photoreceptor module and solid-state imaging device" was invented by Raphael Berner (Stuttgart, Germany) and Massimo Zannoni (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoreceptor module (PR) includes a photoelectric conversion element (PD), a first amplifier circuit (110) and a second amplifier circuit (120). The first amplifier circuit (110) includes a first amplifier portion (112) and a first feedback portion (114), wherein an input of the first amplifier portion (112) and a cathode (C) of the photoelectric conversion element (...