ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,649, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor including meta pattern layer having light resonance function" was invented by Junho Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Sangeun Mun (Seoul, South Korea), Sookyoung Roh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungmo Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seokho Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image sensor including a metasurface having a light resonance function. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion layer, an interlayer material layer on the photoelectric conversion layer, and a single meta pattern ...