ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,268, issued on June 3, was assigned to Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Image sensor device" was invented by Rajesh Katkar (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming a back side image sensor device, as well as back side image sensor devices formed, are disclosed. In one such a method, an image sensor wafer having a first dielectric layer with a first surface is obtained. A reconstituted wafer having a processor die and a second dielectric layer with a second surface is obtained. The reconstituted wafer and the image sensor wafer are bonded to one another including coupling the first su...