ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,281, issued on May 19, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging element and imaging device" was invented by Tetsushi Okazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaging elements and devices that maintain the linearity of image signals with respect to the amount of incident light are disclosed. In one example, an imaging element includes a pixel, a photoelectric conversion unit connecting unit, a charge holding unit, charge transfer units, an image signal generating unit. The pixel includes photoelectric conversion units formed on a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate including a...