US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Nov. 25 for "Semiconductor element and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,329, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor element and electronic apparatus" was invented by Ryosuke Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Shuji Manda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shunsuke Maruyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a light-detecting device. A light-detecting device includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film, and a via, and a second substrate that faces the first substrate and is electrically connected to the semiconductor layer through the via. The semiconductor layer includes ...