ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,707, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solid-state image sensor" was invented by Yusuke Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of imaging element blocks 10 each configured from a plurality of imaging elements. Each of the imaging elements includes a first electrode, a charge accumulating electrode arranged in a spaced relation from the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion portion contacting with the first electrode and formed above the charge accumulating electrode with an insulating layer interposed therebetwe...