US Patent Issued to Canon on Nov. 18 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system using photoelectric conversion apparatus, and moving object" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,844, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system using photoelectric conversion apparatus, and moving object" was invented by Yoshiyuki Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a conversion unit and a circuit region where a signal generated by the conversion unit is processed, wherein the circuit region includes a p-type semiconductor region and an n-type semiconductor region, wherein a film having a negative fixed charge is provided on the surface side of the p-type semicon...