US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Dec. 16 for "Semiconductor device and imaging unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,733, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and imaging unit" was invented by Yoshihiko Nagahama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor device that has a first wiring layer and a first insulating layer stacked therein. The first wiring layer includes a plurality of first wiring lines extending in one direction. The first insulating layer is provided on the first wiring layer. The first insulating layer forms a gap at least partially between the plurality of first wiring lines. The first insulating layer has, above the gap, a s...