US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Sept. 29 for "Comparator, amplifier, and solid-state imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,046, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Comparator, amplifier, and solid-state imaging device" was invented by Yuken Yakushiji (Fukuoka, Japan), Hideki Tanaka (Fukuoka, Japan) and Daisuke Miyazaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Comparators, amplifiers and solid-state imaging devices are disclosed. In one example, a comparator includes transistors, switches, and capacitors. A reference signal is input to a first transistor. A second transistor shares a source with the first transistor. A third transistor shares a source with the first transistor and a drain with...