US Patent Issued to CANON on May 27 for "Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,611, issued on May 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion device" was invented by Hiroshi Sekine (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion element provided in a semiconductor layer having first and second surfaces includes a first region of a first conductivity type, a second region of a second conductivity type closer to the second surface than the first region and forming a p-n junction with the first region, a third region of the first conductivity type closer to the second surface than the second region, a fourth region of the second ...