ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,200, issued on April 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor element, apparatus, and chip" was invented by Junji Iwata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor element including an array in which a plurality of avalanche photodiodes is arranged includes a plurality of first electrodes configured to receive supply of a first voltage to be used by the plurality of avalanche photodiodes from outside, and at least one second electrode configured to receive supply of a second voltage from outside different from the first voltage. The plurality of first electrodes and the at least one second electrode are dispose...