US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Sept. 1 for "Image sensor and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,272, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Image sensor and imaging device" was invented by Hiroshi Tanaka (Kumamoto, Japan), Yusuke Moriya (Kumamoto, Japan) and Takushi Shigetoshi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sensitivity of an image sensor is improved.The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels and a light-blocking wall. The plurality of pixels included in the image sensor each includes a photoelectric conversion unit disposed on a semiconductor substrate and photoelectrically converting incident light that is irradiated, and an on-chip lens that focuses ...