US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Nov. 25 for "Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state imaging element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,324, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state imaging element" was invented by Masashi Bando (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging element that includes a first photoelectric conversion unit having a light incident surface on which light is incident, a first gate electrode provided in the first photoelectric conversion unit via an insulating film, and a second photoelectric conversion unit provided on a side of the light incident surface with respect to the fir...