US Patent Issued to Sony Group on June 3 for "Imaging element, stacked-type imaging element and solid-state imaging apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,262, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging element, stacked-type imaging element and solid-state imaging apparatus" was invented by Akira Furukawa (Kumamoto, Japan), Yoshihiro Ando (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideaki Togashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Fumihiko Koga (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an imaging element including a photoelectric conversion unit formed by stacking a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode. The photoelectric conversion unit further includes a charge storage electrode which is disposed to be spaced apart from the first electrode and...