ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,479, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solid-state image sensor, and electronic device" was invented by Hideaki Togashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an image sensor including a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side and a photoelectric conversion element disposed at the first side of the semiconductor substrate. In addition, a through electrode is coupled to the photoelectric conversion element, where the through electrode includes a conductive portion and an insulating film. A thickness of the insulating film between...