US Patent Issued to Canon on April 22 for "Semiconductor device that selectively supplies a control line with a first driving capability or a second driving capability" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,224, issued on April 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device that selectively supplies a control line with a first driving capability or a second driving capability" was invented by Masaaki Iwane (Kanagawa, Japan), Shoji Kono (Tokyo) and Shusuke Yanagawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device including a first buffer circuit and a second buffer circuit each configured to output a control signal to one control line based on an input from a signal output circuit, and an element configured to receive the control signal transmitted through the one control line. The second buffer circui...