ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,627, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Younggu Jin (Osan-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 photoelectric conversion region in a semiconductor substrate; a photocharge collection region provided in the photoelectric conversion region; a floating diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate that is spaced apart from the photocharge collection region along a vertical direction; a charge multiplication region between the photocharge collection region and the floating diffusion regio...