ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,391, issued on July 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Yoshihiro Sato (Osaka, Japan) and Takayoshi Yamada (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes a pixel. The pixel includes a charge accumulator containing an impurity of a first conductivity type, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first well region containing an impurity of a second conductivity type, and a second well region containing an impurity of the first conductivity type. The charge accumulator accumulates charge generated through photoelectric conver...