ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,961, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solid-state imaging device and comparison device" was invented by Satoshi Azuhata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-speed and high-performance signals are compared. In one example, a solid-state imaging element includes a comparison circuit, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The comparison circuit includes a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal. The first switch is connected to the inverting input terminal. The second switch is connected to the invert...