ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,487, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging element and semiconductor element" was invented by Shinichi Miyake (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hirofumi Yamashita (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor substrate stacked over the first semiconductor substrate with an insulating layer interposed therebetween. The first semiconductor substrate includes a photoelectric conversion section, and a charge-holding section that holds charges transferr...