US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on July 21 for "Imaging element and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,288, issued on July 21, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging element and imaging device" was invented by Hiroshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shigehiro Ikehara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tadashi Iijima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element according to the present disclosure includes a pixel, an overflow path, a pixel isolation unit, a pixel isolation electrode, an in-pixel isolation unit, and an in-pixel isolation electrode. The pixel includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units formed in a semiconductor substrate having an interconnect region arranged on a ...