US Patent Issued to Canon on April 21 for "Photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and movable body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,645, issued on April 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and movable body" was invented by Hideki Hayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuhiro Morimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel isolation portion and a concavo-convex structure. The pixel isolation portion is arranged between adjacent pixels in a plurality of pixels formed in a semiconductor layer. The concavo-convex structure is formed on a light receiving surface of the semiconductor layer. The concavo-convex structure includes a trench extending toward an obliqu...