US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on June 23 for "Solid-state imaging element and electronic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,519, issued on June 23, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element and electronic device" was invented by Yasunori Tsukuda (Kanagawa, Japan), Kyosuke Ito (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shohei Shimada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a solid-state imaging element that measures a distance on the basis of a light receiving timing of reflected light, the shortest distance that can be measured is shortened. A photoelectric conversion region generates charges through photoelectric conversion. A multiplication region multiplies the generated charges. An output electrode output...