US Patent Issued to Sony Group on June 30 for "Solid-state imaging device and electronic device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,367, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Solid-state imaging device and electronic device" was invented by Hideo Kido (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device capable of improving a saturation characteristic. A photo diode is formed on a substrate, and a floating diffusion accumulates a signal charge read from the photo diode. A plurality of vertical gate electrodes is formed from a surface of the substrate in a depth direction in a region between the photo diode and the floating diffusion, and an overflow path is ...