US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on July 28 for "Light detection apparatus and method of manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,156, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light detection apparatus and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yutaro Fujisaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomoharu Ogita (Kanagawa, Japan), Shigehiro Ikehara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Ohba (Kumamoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is provided is a light detection apparatus along with a method of manufacturing the same, the apparatus being adapted to improve both the light blocking effect between pixels and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of each pixel. The light detection apparatus of this disclosure includ...