ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,103, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus and equipment" was invented by Daiki Shirahige (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus in which a first semiconductor layer comprising a photoelectric conversion element and a second semiconductor layer comprising a pixel circuit are stacked, is provided. A plurality of through electrodes are arranged in the second semiconductor layer. The pixel circuit includes a pixel transistor comprising a first region and a second region as a source or a drain, and a gate electrode arranged on a main surfac...