US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Aug. 18 for "Light detection element and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,630, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light detection element and electronic apparatus" was invented by Hiroaki Takase (Kanagawa, Japan), Kaito Yokochi (Kanagawa, Japan), Koji Miyata (Tokyo), Seiki Takahashi (Tokyo) and Takayuki Ogasahara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection element according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of photoelectric converters, a color splitter layer, and a plurality of condensers. The plurality of photoelectric converters are disposed side by side in a matrix in a semiconductor layer. The color splitter layer...