ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,704, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Signal generation circuit and light detecting unit" was invented by Masahiro Ichihashi (Fukuoka, Japan), Takashi Moue (Kanagawa, Japan), Kaede Miyauchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Daisuke Arima (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal generation circuit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an amplifier including a first input section, a second input section, and an output section; a first electric current source that makes it possible to supply an electric current on the basis of an output voltage of the ou...