ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,712, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light receiving device, method for manufacturing same, and distance measuring device" was invented by Yuji Isogai (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Otake (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryota Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to a light receiving device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a distance measuring device capable of improving distance measurement accuracy by maintaining the balance of transfer capability between transfer transistors.A light receiving device includes a pixel including: an em...