US Patent Issued to Canon on June 16 for "Photoelectric conversion device, method for producing the same, and appliance" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,359, issued on June 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, method for producing the same, and appliance" was invented by Toshiyuki Ogawa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device in which first and second substrates are bonded to each other is provided. The first substrate includes a first semiconductor layer having light receiving elements. The second substrate includes a second semiconductor layer having a circuit element for processing a signal generated by the light receiving elements. The photoelectric conversion device includes an electrode pad for external...