ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,357, issued on June 16, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Masanao Yokoyama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging device that readily accommodates a design change of a pixel chip or a circuit chip. The solid-state imaging device according to the present technology includes a pixel chip including a pixel having a photoelectric conversion element, at least one circuit chip including a circuit configured to process a signal generated in the pixel, and a connecting substrate electrically con...