US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 8 for "Photoelectric conversion device, manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, moving unit, and equipment" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,278, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, manufacturing method of photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, moving unit, and equipment" was invented by Hideaki Ishino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer, a light-receiving pixel region, first and second light-shielded regions, and a peripheral region. The insulating layer allows light to pass through the insulating layer. The first light-shielded region includes a light-shielding film formed on the insulating layer. The peripheral regio...