US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Feb. 17 for "Light reception element and electronic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,416, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light reception element and electronic device" was invented by Kenji Kurata (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Otake (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shohei Shimada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a light reception element and an electronic device that make it possible to achieve better performance.Provided is a SPAD element including an avalanche multiplication region provided at a junction surface between an N-type diffusion layer and a P-type diffusion layer provided on a side of a sensor substrate opposite from a lig...