US Patent Issued to Canon on Feb. 10 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and movable body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,464, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and movable body" was invented by Kazuhiro Morimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Junji Iwata (Tokyo) and Taikan Kanou (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising an avalanche diode disposed in a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The avalanche diode includes a first semiconductor region of first conductivity type disposed at a first depth and a second semiconductor region of second conductivity type disposed ...