US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Sept. 16 for "Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,120, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Ryosuke Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging device includes a transfer transistor and an element separation section. The transfer transistor includes a vertical gate electrode. At least a portion of the element separation section is disposed apart from the vertical gate electrode with a semiconductor layer interposed in between. The semiconductor layer has a high concentration of impurities of a first electrical conduction type....