ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,658, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor including a separation structure" was invented by Min Ho Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Kuk Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Hae Sung Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwan Sik Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ho-Chul Ji (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a substrate having first and second surfaces and first and second regions. Unit pixels including photoelectric conversion layers are arranged inside the first region. A pixel separation pattern extends from the first surface to the s...