US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Feb. 17 for "Imaging element and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,415, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging element and imaging device" was invented by Ryoto Yoshita (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshimichi Kumagai (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoyuki Osawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Kengo Nagata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masashi Bando (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element is disclosed that includes: a semiconductor substrate; a multilayer wiring layer; a plurality of structures; and a light reflecting layer. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface as a light incidence surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A ligh...