ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,378, issued on June 30, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device, electronic device, and manufacturing method" was invented by Tomohiro Ohkubo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to an imaging device, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method capable of evaluating a chip at a desired timing.The imaging device includes: a first semiconductor chip; and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip, in which at least one surface of side surfaces of the first semiconductor chip and at least one surface of side surfaces of ...