US Patent Issued to Sony Group on June 24 for "Solid-state imaging apparatus and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,475, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Solid-state imaging apparatus and electronic apparatus" was invented by Tetsuji Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Toda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Itaru Oshiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein each pixel has a first photoelectric conversion region formed above a semiconductor layer, a second photoelectric conversion region formed in the semiconductor layer, a first filter configured to transmit a light in a predetermined wavelengt...