US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Feb. 17 for "Solid-state imaging device and electronic device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,420, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging device as disclosed includes a semiconductor layer having a light incidence surface and an element formation surface. The semiconductor layer includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units including a first photoelectric conversion portion, a second photoelectric conversion portion, an isolation portion, a charge accumulation region, a first transfer transistor capable of transferri...