ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,638, issued on June 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Shinichi Machida (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes located above the semiconductor substrate and each electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate; a counter electrode located above the plurality of pixel electrodes; a first photoelectric conversion layer located between the counter electrode and the plurality of pixel electrodes; and at least one first light-shielding body located in the f...