US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Oct. 28 for "Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and solid-state imaging element control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,436, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and solid-state imaging element control method" was invented by Luonghung Asakura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Minoru Sakata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state imaging elements that accommodate expanded dynamic range are disclosed. In one example, a conversion efficiency control transistor controls conversion efficiency during conversion of a charge into a voltage by opening and closing a path between a floating diffusion layer and an additional capacitance. An upstream amplific...