US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on April 8 for "Photodetection device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,636, issued on April 8, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Photodetection device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Kengo Ando (Kanagawa, Japan) and Sachio Akebono (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel; a reference signal generation unit; a comparison circuit; and a first switch. The pixel is configured to generate a pixel signal. The reference signal generation unit is configured to generate a reference signal. The comparison circuit includes a first-stage amplifier circuit and a second-stage amplifier c...