ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,927, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and moving body" was invented by Daichi Seto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a semiconductor layer including a conversion unit and a diffusion unit, and a plurality of wiring layers including a first wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a transfer transistor configured to send a signal based on a charge generated by the conversion unit to the diffusion unit, and an amplification transistor including a gate connected to the diffusion unit. The first wiring lay...