US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Aug. 5 for "Solid-state imaging element, electronic device, and control method of solid-state imaging element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,197, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, electronic device, and control method of solid-state imaging element" was invented by Yoshimichi Kumagai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging element that includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor, and an internal gate. The photoelectric conversion unit photoelectrically converts incident light. The transfer transistor transfers a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit. The internal gate is disposed adjacent to the transfer transisto...