US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Dec. 9 for "Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,626, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Won Seok Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an image sensor and/or a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor may include a substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of unit pixel regions in the substrate; a pixel defining pattern; and a micro lens. Each of the plurality of unit pixel regions may include a photoelectric conversion layer. The pixel de...