ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,755, issued on March 17, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).
"Imaging device comprising net shape wiring" was invented by Yuki Okamoto (Sagamihara, Japan), Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Sagamihara, Japan), Hiroki Inoue (Atsugi, Japan) and Takuro Ohmaru (Zama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging device with high productivity and improved dynamic range is provided. In the imaging device including a photoelectric conversion element having an i-type semiconductor layer, functional elements, and a wiring, an area where the functional elements and the wiring overlap with the i-type semico...