ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,251, issued on June 2, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).
"Imaging device and electronic device" was invented by Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, Japan), Tatsuya Onuki (Atsugi, Japan), Kiyoshi Kato (Atsugi, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present invention relates to a highly functional imaging device that can be manufactured through a small number of steps. The imaging device is formed by bonding a plurality of layers or stacks each including a device to each other. A pixel circuit; a memory circuit; and a pixel driver circuit, a driver circui...