US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Jan. 20 for "Semiconductor apparatus, imaging device, and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,528, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus, imaging device, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Ryosuke Yamachi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a semiconductor apparatus, an imaging device, and an electronic apparatus that improve the gate controllability of a field-effect transistor. The field-effect transistor of the apparatus includes a semiconductor region in which a channel is formed, a gate electrode covering the semiconductor region, and a gate insulating film between the semiconductor region and the gate electrode. T...