ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,660, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Tetsuji Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid state imaging device that includes a substrate having oppositely facing first and second surfaces and a photoelectric conversion unit layer having a light incident side facing away from the substrate. The substrate includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion and the photoelectric conversion layer includes a third photoelectric conversion unit."

The paten...