US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on July 8 for "Semiconductor device and electronic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,976, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and electronic device" was invented by Ikue Mitsuhashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshiaki Iwafuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, and at least one guard structure including a first guard element, a second guard element, and a third guard element. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are bonded to one another at a bonding interface between a surface of the first semiconductor s...