ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,093, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solid-state image sensor" was invented by Tetsuo Gocho (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masami Nagata (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state image sensor according to the present disclosure includes a first semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion element and a second semiconductor substrate facing the first semiconductor substrate with an insulating film interposed therebetween, in which the second semiconductor substrate has an amplification transistor that amplifies an electrical signal output from the photoe...