ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,196, issued on May 6, 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 photoelectric conversion film; a first electrode located above the photoelectric conversion film; a second electrode; a plug coupled to the second electrode; a protective film located above the second electrode; and a wiring line that electrically couples the first electrode to the second electrode. The protective film overlaps the entire plug and does not overlap the ph...