ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,411, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To cope with heat generation of a solid-state imaging element, a package size is reduced with a simple structure, and a transmission delay of a high-speed interface is suppressed. A solid-state imaging device includes: a solid-state imaging element in which one plate surface side of a semiconductor substrate is a light receiving side; a substrate on which the solid-state imaging element is mounted on a front...