ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,521, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device, and apparatus" was invented by Koichiro Iwata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshiaki Takada (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel is configured to output a signal. An input node is configured to input the signal. A holding circuit is configured to hold the signal input to the input node. An amplifier is configured to input the signal held in the holding circuit. An output node is configured to output the signal from the amplifier. An input switch is connected in series between the input node and the holding circuit. An output switc...