US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Oct. 7 for "Sensor chip, electronic apparatus, and distance measurement apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,291, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Sensor chip, electronic apparatus, and distance measurement apparatus" was invented by Akira Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a pixel. The pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a light reflector, and a light collector. The photoelectric converter includes a light entering surface which light enters and a multiplication region in which avalanche multiplication of carriers is caused by a high electric-field region. The light reflector is pro...