US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Aug. 5 for "Solid-state imaging device with enhanced pixel structure and light shielding region for improving image quality" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,743, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device with enhanced pixel structure and light shielding region for improving image quality" was invented by Hiroshi Katayama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid-state imaging device capable of suppressing deterioration of image quality. The solid-state imaging device includes: a first pixel that has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units sharing a first color filter with each other and a plurality of on-chip lenses; a second pixel that is arrange...