ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,006, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensors" was invented by Eunsub Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Younggu Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion region; a buried transmission gate electrode provided in a transmission gate trench; a fin-type active region provided between a first trench and a second trench which extend into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fin-type active region includes a first source/drain region, a second...