ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,394, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Daisuke Wakabayashi (Osaka, Japan) and Yuuko Tomekawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes a pixel section and a peripheral circuitry section provided around the pixel section. The pixel section includes: a photoelectric conversion film; a top electrode located above the photoelectric conversion film; bottom electrodes that face the top electrode, with the photoelectric conversion film being disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrodes; and a firs...