US Patent Issued to Canon on Jan. 27 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and movable object" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,593, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and movable object" was invented by Yusuke Onuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first semiconductor element layer having a pixel region having pixel circuits and a peripheral region and a first wiring structure including a first wiring layer. The second chip includes a second semiconductor element layer having an electric circuit and a second wiring structure. ...