ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,650, issued on June 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Sogo Ota (Osaka, Japan) and Junji Hirase (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes a first photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge, a first charge storage that stores the charge, a first capacitor, an output circuit electrically connected to the first capacitor, and a first interposing transistor including a gate electrode, a source, and a drain. A potential of the first charge storage, a potential of the gate electrode, and a potential of one of t...